adultery   black comedy   cigarette smoking   mirror   french   motel   double cross   based on novel   dream   blackmail   title ends with period   satire   car chase   love   marriage   criminal   prison break   ghost writer   subjective camera   dancing   falling down stairs   film within a film   face slap   father son relationship   movie studio   hollywood california   los angeles california   screenwriter   corpse   new york city   mansion   false accusation   fire   writing   gangster   singing   corsage   new year's eve   opening narration   fainting   crying   male female relationship   flashback   dance   security guard   stockings   strait jacket   dumb criminal   death threat   deception   father daughter relationship   suicide attempt   painter   lie   cult director   u.s. president   lifting someone into the air   small town   phone book   convertible   jail break   siren   deceit   execution   infidelity   confession of crime   impersonation   detective   blind man   ex husband ex wife relationship   electric chair   beautiful woman   beverly hills california   lawyer   attempted murder   piano   cuckold   tragedy   heist   divorce   actor   professor   cosmetic surgery   guilt   main character dies   american flag   money   famous line   cheating wife   depression   glasses   shot in the shoulder   radiator   sideshow   psychotronic   obsession   melancholy   railroad track   old man   hate   mental illness   double life   automobile   seduction   director cameo   insanity   cowboy costume   film making   director   behind the scenes   california   engagement   period in title   filmmaking   showbiz   street in title   silent   debt   policeman   gambling   shadow   anger   stranger   new year's eve party   judge   truck   denial   price of fame   radio   anti hero   interrogation   flat tire   fire escape   child in peril   burnt face   door key   gas chamber   camera   maniac   seizure   note   motorcycle   framed for murder   stalking   woman with glasses   gasoline   false identity   court   whistle   aging   band   person in car trunk   evil man   wink   teacher   poison   cigarette holder   lighting cigarette for woman   movie projector   cigarette case   delusion   washed up star   chance meeting   comeback   pool   celebrity   stalker   fame   solitary confinement   gossip   scandal   shopping   courtroom   mercy killing   movie camera   megaphone   u.s. senator   flirting   boat   washington d.c.   criminal gang   parallel montage   following someone   narrated by character   liar   reference to james joyce   migraine headache   fedora   carousel   nostalgia   overcoat   sense of smell   tuxedo   love affair   financial crisis   neck breaking   suitcase of money   gift   script writer   laughing   script   europe   narcissism   french accent   blindfold   rehearsal   beauty   garage   older woman younger man relationship   narration from the grave   vanity   ashtray   tennis   remarriage   bourbon   look alike   murder suspect   drunken man   soup   morgue   college   melodrama   chimpanzee   weakness   casket   white house   veil   adulteress   playing piano   station wagon   bandaged face   fist fight   knocked unconscious   camera crew   mars the planet   los angeles city hall   drive in theater   keep out sign   tow truck   strawberry   orchestral music score   newsreel   second marriage   murder of mother   athlete   arm sling   reference to george washington   bach's toccata and fugue   trojan horse   drain   gun battle   washington monument   mob of reporters   film camera   has been   illinois   prison cell   classic car   boat ride   homosexual subtext   whispering   paramount pictures   payroll robbery   state penitentiary   queens new york city   hearing aid   shot in the belly   neurotic   jefferson memorial   merry go round   lincoln memorial   dining car   nightfall   perfect murder   arlington virginia   atomic power   bigamy   bombing the white house   boss' daughter   burning note   call for help   club car   college professor   criss cross   double exposure effects   dressing gown   driving blindfolded   family quarrel   forest hills queens new york city   great dane   helping blind man cross street   innocent suspect   carbon monoxide poisoning   giving a toast   being followed   evil laughter   jet plane   kewpie doll   listening to recording   mama's boy   man kills woman   meeting on train   murder of stranger   music store   penn station   piano tuner   pregnant woman murdered   punch into camera   radio announcer   rocket to the moon   secret from fiancée   setting fire   society page   sound booth   sports announcer   sports page   st. francis   stepping on hand   street grating   suspect tailing   swapping murders   tennis match   tennis player   tie clip   train compartment   train porter   tunnel of love   alibi   malice   trance   sentenced to death   recluse   detention   ballroom dancing   chauffeur   mobile home   repossession   scalded face   tailing a suspect   sing along   train robbery   motion picture industry   motion picture studio   tear gas   abbreviation in title   silent film star   female stockinged feet   guard tower   grocery   film studio   springfield illinois   bald   cufflink   refuge   gigolo   death star   lip reading   triangulation   assistant director   astrology   auto repossession   beauty treatment   body in pool   bridge card game   charlie chaplin spoof   dead chimpanzee   eccentric woman   funeral for pet   garage apartment   garage door   gone with the wind   gun fire   kept man   movie script   nose job   parasol   reference to great expectations   reference to rudolph valentino   retired actress   rich old lady   screenwriting   silent movie actor   trashcan   youthfulness   black sedan   communications equipment   direction finder   disobey direct order   fishing reel   gang banger   indiscretion   infiltrate the gang   killed in explosion   knock down woman   lake tahoe   laundered money   letter a   letter b   ma barker   mail train   mink coat   oil refinery   oscillator   passing message   policeman shot   shoot the lock   blocked road   car on train tracks   death of main character   shot through door   sierra nevada mountains   surrender to authority   track switch   vaccination   lifting adult in air   amusement park   friendship   actress   dog   cult favorite   betrayal   famous entrance   funeral   train   death   loyalty   escape   railway station   murder   shot in the back   mistaken identity   parody   suspect   restroom   handgun   irreverence   writer   explosion   butler   police chase   speech   tunnel   undercover   undercover cop   loss of mother   mother son relationship   pregnancy   island   on the run   revenge   cynicism   cane   voice over narration   tough guy   husband wife relationship   montage   telephone call   sister sister relationship   u.s. capitol building   villain played by lead actor   title spoken by character   kiss   reporter   investigation   drinking   singer   song   rain   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   gas station   gun   drunkenness   punched in the face   femme fatale   race against time   swimming pool   strangulation   death of expectant mother   senator   party   fisherman   portrait painting   teenage boy   typewriter   screaming   psychopath   pay phone   passionate kiss   police   shooting   priest   shotgun   phone booth   self hatred   suspense   staircase   threat   madness   tank car   wedding   pistol   prison