adultery   bathroom   black comedy   cigarette smoking   mirror   french   car radio   double cross   based on novel   blackmail   family relationships   love   marriage   criminal   ladder   brother sister relationship   subjective camera   trust   face slap   father son relationship   ambulance   1950s   los angeles california   blood   corpse   new york city   mansion   false accusation   singing   hat   fainting   crying   male female relationship   psychiatrist   cigar smoking   shame   drink   bare chested male   sacrifice   dysfunctional family   father daughter relationship   painter   lie   cult director   u.s. president   tears   small town   phone book   convertible   breaking and entering   cliff   runaway   execution   infidelity   detective   blind man   fight   electric chair   beautiful woman   teenage girl   lawyer   african american   piano   divorce   professor   no music   dinner party   guilt   conscience   blood on shirt   american flag   money   cheating wife   alienation   apartment   chicken   student   storytelling   glasses   sideshow   psychotronic   experimental film   obsession   falling in love   railroad track   old man   hate   apology   friend   candle   young love   double life   headlights   boyfriend girlfriend relationship   director cameo   insanity   high school   teen   cowboy costume   dead body   based on true story   policeman   gambling   shadow   anguish   anger   stranger   diving board   banquet   shoes   absent mother   underage drinking   judge   long take   gay   coming of age   pain   hawaii   ambition   food   happiness   surrogate father   telescope   wealth   metronome   anti hero   birthday   decadence   jumping from a car   self destructiveness   fire escape   terrorism   philosophy   loneliness   child in peril   door key   book   maid   maniac   housekeeper   children   note   framed for murder   check   rope   stalking   woman with glasses   champagne   arrogance   gasoline   court   honor   evil man   promise   teacher   poison   cigarette case   running away   dysfunctional marriage   star   chance meeting   celebrity   stalker   broken glass   gossip   scandal   death of friend   courtroom   best friend   animal abuse   car   u.s. senator   black american   flirting   boat   washington d.c.   parallel montage   grandmother grandson relationship   following someone   eating   liar   role playing   toy gun   car explosion   carousel   easter   sense of smell   pajamas   neck breaking   choking   toy   french accent   candelabra   blindfold   teen angst   stairway   tennis   remarriage   falling asleep   aunt nephew relationship   concert   hiding place   poverty   sleeping   bourbon   look alike   murder suspect   drunken man   morality   college   star died before release   child support   gurney   peep hole   weakness   white house   adulteress   car falling off a cliff   whitewall tire   chain   school locker   jacket   generation gap   overprotective parent   dead boy   hiding   mars the planet   reference to alan ladd   gunshot   conversation with character playing piano   based on play   breakfast   second marriage   athlete   reference to george washington   gay teenager   drain   peer pressure   field trip   driving   lifesaver   washington monument   handshake   comb   peanut butter   horoscope   juvenile delinquency   gay subtext   teen drinking   boat ride   homosexual subtext   roommate   queens new york city   end of the world   torment   juvie   jefferson memorial   merry go round   lincoln memorial   dining car   altar   champagne glass   chest   contempt   crime and punishment   cutting hand   deliberately leaving something behind   ego   hidden corpse   housemaster   intellectual   leopold loeb case   loeb leopold   nightfall   perfect murder   preparatory school   privilege   reference to cary grant   reference to errol flynn   reference to james mason   reference to mary pickford   schoolmate   selectivity   single set production   skyline   strangling a chicken   supper   trunk   unedited cinematic style   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   male male relationship   morbidity   assumed superiority   waiting in line   real time   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   malice   trance   sentenced to death   motor scooter   upside down view   driving off a cliff   chicken race   water hose   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   amusement park   friendship   car accident   dog   cult favorite   train   chase   death   railway station   murder   mistaken identity   suspect   writer   fear   gang   switchblade   speech   mother son relationship   pregnancy   island   knife fight   cynicism   teacher student relationship   violence   husband wife relationship   montage   shootout   telephone call   sister sister relationship   u.s. capitol building   title spoken by character   listening to a car radio   kiss   pursuit   investigation   drinking   singer   song   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   gun   loner   drunkenness   punched in the face   race against time   strangulation   shot in the chest   death of expectant mother   t shirt   senator   party   teenage boy   police radio   police siren   screaming   mother daughter relationship   running   psychopath   pay phone   passionate kiss   police   shooting   police station   priest   phone booth   publisher   knife held to throat   unemployment   piano player   unhappiness   suspense   threat   suspicion   murderer   wound   wedding