Questions First, Shoot Later

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Robert Montgomery

Cast

Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan

TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an att...

Runtime

2h 5m

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Gerd Oswald

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr

Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Kevin Smith

Cast

Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Michael Lehmann

Cast

Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Kim Walker