adultery   cigarette smoking   mirror   german   motel   jealousy   double cross   animal   1920s   christmas   blackmail   car chase   love   marriage   prison break   motorcycle cop   movie with surprise ending   character name in title   dancing   falling down stairs   film within a film   father son relationship   hotel   los angeles california   man with glasses   picnic   new york city   mansion   nazi   hangover   lifting person in air   fire   gangster   editor   journalism   business   snow   flashback   dancer   security guard   drink   stockings   strait jacket   dumb criminal   death threat   deception   suicide attempt   musical number   millionaire   election   governor   jail break   siren   infidelity   confession of crime   1930s   great depression   beautiful woman   attempted murder   tragedy   heist   divorce   airplane   trial   trophy   dinner party   american flag   money   scene during end credits   famous line   memoir   treason   alienation   shot in the shoulder   tragic hero   surveillance   enigma   imagery   radiator   obsession   melancholy   frustration   cocktail party   fireplace   insanity   california   key   atlantic city new jersey   shadow   truck   long take   visual metaphor   control freak   1890s   ambition   attempted suicide   deathbed   price of fame   furnace   pipe smoking   wealth   radio   business tycoon   rich snob   zoo   anti hero   isolation   multiple perspectives   loneliness   park bench   burnt face   gas chamber   journalist   seizure   motorcycle   wine   puzzle   champagne   politics   actor director writer   macguffin   gasoline   false identity   mislaid trust   drunk driving   whistle   person in car trunk   dying words   wink   alternative history   poison   cigarette holder   contemporary setting   chicago illinois   spy   miami florida   solitary confinement   film in film   1870s   scandal   adulterer   mercy killing   megaphone   criminal gang   opera house   migraine headache   hidden truth   fedora   fence   materialism   suitcase of money   europe   narcissism   singing lesson   good deed   longing   love story   extravagance   directed by star   rio de janeiro brazil   soup   shadow play   apathy   morgue   secret past   mistress   station wagon   bandaged face   fist fight   knocked unconscious   politician   binoculars   irony   los angeles city hall   drive in theater   keep out sign   strawberry   attempted poisoning   orchestral music score   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   murder of mother   stock market crash   arm sling   trojan horse   gun battle   illinois   prison cell   government agent   whispering   payroll robbery   state penitentiary   hearing aid   scientist   horseback riding   shot in the belly   fear of husband   loveless marriage   mistrust of husband   poisoned cup   racetrack   secret from lover   stolen key   uranium   wine cellar   mama's boy   alibi   detention   mobile home   scalded face   tailing a suspect   train robbery   tear gas   female stockinged feet   guard tower   grocery   springfield illinois   lip reading   triangulation   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   american   cult favorite   betrayal   death   escape   hospital   espionage   murder   nightclub   shot in the back   restroom   bottle   handgun   fog   explosion   butler   suicide   police chase   dark hero   tunnel   dark past   undercover   undercover cop   one word title   loss of father   octopus   loss of mother   mother son relationship   power   megalomaniac   on the run   revenge   voice over narration   tough guy   restaurant   husband wife relationship   montage   nurse   villain played by lead actor   kiss   reporter   drinking   singer   florida   newspaper   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   gas station   gun   drunkenness   punched in the face   rescue   infiltration   limousine   library   party   fisherman   opera   psychopath   pay phone   police   shotgun   publisher   colorado   no opening credits   unhappiness   tank car   prison   regeneration