jukebox   adultery   bathroom   cigarette smoking   mirror   spanish   motel   bar   car radio   mexico   animal   based on novel   1920s   ex convict   christmas   blackmail   family relationships   kidnapping   love   marriage   ladder   eavesdropping   toupee   movie with surprise ending   brother sister relationship   character name in title   alcoholic   trust   dancing   police corruption   whiskey   face slap   father son relationship   hotel   ambulance   1950s   los angeles california   man with glasses   picnic   blood   police chief   new york city   mansion   lifting person in air   wig   fire   gangster   editor   journalism   business   crying   corruption   male female relationship   snow   psychiatrist   cigar smoking   flashback   shame   dancer   drink   bare chested male   cabin   dysfunctional family   father daughter relationship   suicide attempt   underwear   lie   cult director   tears   musical number   convertible   breaking and entering   cliff   runaway   millionaire   election   governor   infidelity   gunfire   1930s   district attorney   fight   racism   great depression   beautiful woman   teenage girl   lawyer   african american   piano   tragedy   divorce   trophy   explosive   bridge   drug deal   mexican american border   conscience   limp   blood on shirt   american flag   drug dealer   cover up   money   heroin   scene during end credits   famous line   mexican   memoir   alienation   chicken   student   brother brother relationship   tragic hero   enigma   imagery   prejudice   obsession   melancholy   brothel   falling in love   apology   prostitution   friend   candle   frustration   young love   headlights   boyfriend girlfriend relationship   fireplace   lesbian subtext   jail   high school   teen   gypsy   atlantic city new jersey   honeymoon   policeman   shadow   anguish   anger   diving board   shoes   drug use   absent mother   underage drinking   long take   gay   coming of age   visual metaphor   control freak   1890s   pain   goat   hawaii   ambition   attempted suicide   dynamite   deathbed   food   happiness   price of fame   surrogate father   oil well   acid   telescope   furnace   uncle nephew relationship   pipe smoking   wealth   radio   business tycoon   hotel lobby   rich snob   zoo   anti hero   birthday   isolation   jumping from a car   multiple perspectives   self destructiveness   fire escape   flashlight   terrorism   loneliness   limping   maid   camera   housekeeper   journalist   children   puzzle   check   interracial relationship   photographer   politics   tape recorder   actor director writer   macguffin   mislaid trust   strip club   older man younger woman relationship   severed foot   honor   dying words   promise   alternative history   justice   stripper   running away   chicago illinois   dysfunctional marriage   star   film in film   1870s   scandal   death of friend   adulterer   car bomb   best friend   animal abuse   car   black american   grandmother grandson relationship   following someone   eating   opera house   liar   role playing   toy gun   hidden truth   car explosion   fence   easter   materialism   pajamas   pigeon   law   choking   toy   narcissism   candelabra   singing lesson   good deed   longing   teen angst   stairway   extravagance   fortune teller   directed by star   falling asleep   hiding place   sleeping   chili   shadow play   apathy   secret past   mistress   star died before release   child support   gurney   peep hole   newlywed   car falling off a cliff   whitewall tire   chain   school locker   jacket   evidence   generation gap   overprotective parent   dead boy   wiretap   hiding   politician   bugging   irony   interracial marriage   tracking shot   reference to alan ladd   candy bar   idealist   secret marriage   border   breakfast   career   deathbed talk   deep focus   egoist   exotica   fictional biography   giraffe   gondola   influence   kublai khan   landmark   last words   leitmotif   media mogul   mist   newspaper editor   newspaper headline montage   newspaper publisher   newsreel   newsreel in plot   newsreel spoof   poignant   reference to coleridge   rise to power   roman a clef   rosebud   second marriage   second wife   abused child   guardian   estate   rags to riches   hall of mirrors   jigsaw puzzle   nursing home   boarding house   sled   snowglobe   spanish american war   spinning newspaper   theater critic   toothache   trustee   unknown   waiting for love   watching newsreel   xanadu   stock market crash   bigotry   gay teenager   shoe   peer pressure   field trip   driving   lifesaver   shoe box   handshake   comb   peanut butter   gang rape   juvenile delinquency   teen drinking   homosexual subtext   matador   end of the world   torment   narc   juvie   chain lock   mixed marriage   venice california   motor scooter   ranch   upside down view   driving off a cliff   jalopy   chicken race   water hose   psycho cop   bead curtain   knife wound   new school   blind woman   taunting   player piano   delinquent   absent father   sleeplessness   turnstile   border crossing   barroom brawl   bomb in trunk of car   bordertown   cabaret   construction company   construction crew   crook   forced drug use   hand cart   heroin fix   los robles   music score features brass instruments   narcotics investigation   score influenced by popular music styles   shoe store clerk   shoe with severed foot in it   tarot card   throwing acid   turkey ranch   vice squad   voice tracking   oil field   sleepless night   planted evidence   switchboard   mexican american   mexico city mexico   humming   griffith observatory los angeles   planetarium   bullhorn   surrounded   abandonment   greaser   black leather jacket   hot rod   hands held over head   name calling   food tray   address book   drag racing   henpecked husband   compact   breaking a window to enter a door   broken door glass   bullet clip   calling someone chicken   character says i almost died giving birth   clucking like a chicken   combing hair   crossing fingers for luck   destruction of the universe   different colored socks   drinking milk from the bottle   dropping a food tray   empty swimming pool   flickering tv screen   furniture covered with sheets   gun wound   hiding under a piano   imitating a cat   imitating a chicken   imitating a cow   imitating the voice of jim backus   juvenile detention officer   juvenile hall   kicking through a framed photograph portrait   killing a puppy   light board   man wearing woman's apron   mooing like a cow   music dedication on radio   nazi reference   pretending one's father is dead   pretending to be married   rebelling against one's parent   reference to aires the constellation   reference to cancer the constellation   reference to orion the constellation   reference to plato   reference to sagitarius the constellation   reference to taurus the constellation   removing bullets from a gun   rubbing dirt on hands   school insignia   slashing a car tire   sleeping in a chair   throwing water on someone   toy monkey   wind up toy   cold the temperature   friendship   car accident   cult favorite   betrayal   famous entrance   chase   death   loyalty   conspiracy   gunfight   famous score   hospital   murder   nightclub   love letter   mistaken identity   fog   explosion   fear   frame up   butler   suicide   gang   switchblade   dark hero   dark past   street life   octopus   mother son relationship   power   knife fight   megalomaniac   cynicism   cane   voice over narration   violence   husband wife relationship   shootout   rape   telephone call   nurse   trap   listening to a car radio   kiss   reporter   pursuit   investigation   drinking   singer   florida   newspaper   letter   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   gun   loner   drunkenness   photograph   femme fatale   strangulation   shot in the chest   t shirt   limousine   library   opera   teenage boy   police radio   police siren   mother daughter relationship   running   police   police car   wrongful arrest   time bomb   marijuana   shooting   police station   publisher   colorado   no opening credits   knife held to throat   drugs   unhappiness   wound   intuition   police detective