jukebox   adultery   mirror   spanish   motel   bar   mexico   animal   based on novel   1920s   ex convict   christmas   blackmail   family relationships   kidnapping   marriage   eavesdropping   toupee   movie with surprise ending   character name in title   alcoholic   dancing   police corruption   whiskey   face slap   father son relationship   hotel   man with glasses   picnic   blood   police chief   new york city   mansion   lifting person in air   wig   fire   gangster   editor   journalism   business   corruption   male female relationship   snow   cigar smoking   flashback   dancer   drink   cabin   father daughter relationship   suicide attempt   underwear   musical number   convertible   millionaire   election   governor   infidelity   gunfire   1930s   district attorney   fight   racism   great depression   beautiful woman   cat   lawyer   tragedy   divorce   trophy   explosive   bridge   drug deal   mexican american border   limp   drug dealer   cover up   money   heroin   scene during end credits   famous line   mexican   memoir   alienation   brother brother relationship   tragic hero   enigma   imagery   prejudice   obsession   melancholy   brothel   prostitution   friend   frustration   fireplace   lesbian subtext   jail   gypsy   atlantic city new jersey   honeymoon   policeman   shadow   drug use   long take   visual metaphor   control freak   1890s   goat   ambition   attempted suicide   dynamite   deathbed   price of fame   oil well   acid   furnace   uncle nephew relationship   pipe smoking   wealth   radio   business tycoon   hotel lobby   rich snob   zoo   fingerprint   isolation   multiple perspectives   fire escape   flashlight   loneliness   limping   camera   journalist   puzzle   interracial relationship   photographer   politics   tape recorder   actor director writer   macguffin   mislaid trust   strip club   older man younger woman relationship   severed foot   dying words   alternative history   justice   stripper   chicago illinois   film in film   1870s   scandal   adulterer   car bomb   following someone   opera house   hidden truth   fence   sewer   materialism   pigeon   law   narcissism   singing lesson   good deed   longing   extravagance   fortune teller   directed by star   chili   shadow play   apathy   secret past   mistress   newlywed   evidence   ball   wiretap   politician   bugging   irony   interracial marriage   tracking shot   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   shoe   shoe box   gang rape   matador   narc   chain lock   mixed marriage   venice california   ranch   jalopy   psycho cop   bead curtain   occupation   blind woman   player piano   sleeplessness   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   american film institute   black market   british noir   briton   child hospital   cuckoo clock   czech   dangerous friend   exhumation   expatriate   faking one's death   false passport   forged papers   hospital ward   informer   loss of innocence   manhole   manhole cover   military occupation   occupation zone   old schoolmate   porter   profiteer   profiteering   racketeer   racketeering   reference to westerns   reference to zane grey   romanian   ruin   sewer system   slide projector   stage play   steam engine   title character not the main character   traveling through a sewer   tunnel chase scene   author   amusement park   american   friendship   ferris wheel   actress   car accident   dog   cult favorite   parrot   betrayal   darkness   famous entrance   death of title character   grave   movie theater   funeral   murder investigation   train   screenplay adapted by author   lecture   military police   love triangle   circular staircase   intrigue   ruins   forgery   refugee   cemetery   chase   reference to shakespeare's hamlet   reference to william shakespeare   death   doctor   loyalty   faked death   stakeout   theater   fairground   mysterious death   manhunt   escape   military   penicillin   conspiracy   railway station   gunfight   famous score   decoy   dark secret   reference to michelangelo   russian   hospital   espionage   shot in the stomach   murder   nightclub   good versus evil   love letter   number in title   passport   shot in the back   shot to death   soldier   loss of loved one   mistaken identity   vienna   vienna austria   vienna western station   wellesian   western novel   zither   violinist   fog   writer   explosion   frame up   butler   suicide   gang   dark hero   dark past   street life   octopus   mother son relationship   power   megalomaniac   cane   voice over narration   husband wife relationship   rape   telephone call   nurse   trap   surprise ending   title spoken by character   kiss   reporter   investigation   drinking   singer   florida   newspaper   letter   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   gun   drunkenness   photograph   femme fatale   strangulation   limousine   library   opera   police   police car   wrongful arrest   time bomb   marijuana   shooting   publisher   colorado   no opening credits   drugs   unhappiness   suspense   threat   police officer   intuition   police detective