bathroom   cigarette smoking   mirror   car radio   family relationships   love   marriage   ladder   brother sister relationship   trust   face slap   father son relationship   ambulance   1950s   los angeles california   blood   mansion   crying   male female relationship   psychiatrist   cigar smoking   shame   drink   bare chested male   dysfunctional family   father daughter relationship   lie   cult director   tears   convertible   breaking and entering   cliff   runaway   fight   beautiful woman   cat   teenage girl   african american   piano   conscience   blood on shirt   american flag   alienation   chicken   student   falling in love   apology   friend   candle   young love   headlights   boyfriend girlfriend relationship   high school   teen   policeman   anguish   anger   diving board   shoes   absent mother   underage drinking   gay   coming of age   pain   hawaii   food   happiness   surrogate father   telescope   anti hero   fingerprint   birthday   jumping from a car   self destructiveness   terrorism   loneliness   maid   housekeeper   children   check   honor   promise   running away   dysfunctional marriage   star   death of friend   best friend   animal abuse   car   black american   grandmother grandson relationship   eating   liar   role playing   toy gun   car explosion   sewer   easter   pajamas   choking   toy   candelabra   teen angst   stairway   falling asleep   hiding place   sleeping   star died before release   child support   gurney   peep hole   car falling off a cliff   whitewall tire   chain   school locker   jacket   generation gap   ball   overprotective parent   dead boy   hiding   reference to alan ladd   breakfast   gay teenager   peer pressure   field trip   driving   lifesaver   handshake   comb   peanut butter   juvenile delinquency   teen drinking   homosexual subtext   end of the world   torment   juvie   motor scooter   upside down view   driving off a cliff   chicken race   water hose   occupation   knife wound   new school   taunting   delinquent   absent father   turnstile   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   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   writer   fear   gang   switchblade   mother son relationship   knife fight   cynicism   voice over narration   violence   husband wife relationship   shootout   telephone call   surprise ending   title spoken by character   listening to a car radio   kiss   pursuit   drinking   gun   loner   drunkenness   shot in the chest   t shirt   teenage boy   police radio   police siren   mother daughter relationship   running   police   shooting   police station   knife held to throat   unhappiness   suspense   threat   police officer   wound