Top cast:Patrick Swayze,Kelly Lynch,Sam Elliott
Director:Joel Schumacher
Genre:War
Region:Morocco
Year:2002
Storyline:You must be out of your mind."Her egotistical, self-important and vain husband, Joseph Tura (Jack Benny) briefly defended Maria, and Dobosh was forced to back down.They shared a group delusion - a nightmarish "boogeyman" - and were so traumatized that they would do anything to avoid sleep.[Note: The notorious character of Mike Hammer first appeared in Spillane'sI, he Juryin 1947.] It was adapted from a screenplay by A.I.Bezzerides.The film is a low-budget, B-grade film (at a cost of about $400,000) without recognizable actors.As a counterpoint to he hard-boiled film, cultural allusions abound: the Christina Rossetti poem "Remember," and a Caruso vocal recording - to name a few.She was standing in the fog before a set of ascending gothic stone steps before a large abandoned asylum, where a silhouetted nun next to a stone gargoyle statue appeared.When the blinds are opened, he light sears Eddie's eyes, exposing his defeat, and he winces in pain.He piteously begs for a continuation of the game, but collapses: "Fats, Come on.Come on.Hey, Fats."The next morning, Eddie is woken up and reminded of his monumental destruction in the pool hall.His confidence shattered, he stirs with the sound of an opening pool break in a flea-bitten hotel room (across the street from Ames Billiards) which he shares with Charlie.