Top cast:Ewan McGregor,Rebecca Ferguson,Kyliegh Curran
Director:Michel Gondry
Genre:Film-Noir
Region:Syria
Year:2000
Storyline:That I can have it if I need it.I can""t be cut off completely.That""s the devil.That""s what drives you crazy.Gloria returns and again flirtatiously runs her finger along the back of his neck.The siren temptress gets reacquainted with the confident, booze-soaked Birnam whom she suspects is a high-rolling, articulate, wealthy gentleman:Don: Shall we dance?Gloria: You""re awfully pretty, Mr.Jessica Walter convincingly played the part of a mad, assertive, and unpredictable female who insistently insinuated herself - with passionate jealousy, violence and rage - into the life of a womanizing man who was finally making plans to settle down domestically with his old girlfriend.Mr.Dean: I didn""t suppose you wanted to talk to me on anything else.(pause) Sorry.Perhaps that wasn""t fair.Sister Clodagh: Mr.Dean, you know that General Toda Rai has given us this house for a new foundation of our order.We very much appreciate it.It""s very generous of him.Mr.Dean: Yes.You""d like the General, Sister.He also has a superior being.Sister Briony: Really!Sister Clodagh: I don""t know why you are being so rude to me, Mr.Dean.I have to talk business with you whether I like it or not.Mr.Dean: Well, talk it then, and don""t teach at me.He was dismissive of the success of their Order, as he stood next o a Christian-cross statue in front of a bordello mural:Mr.Its low-budget sets and cheap, sleazy atmosphere added to the film""s impact.The film""s rich black-and-white cinematography was provided by Tony Gaudio.W.R.Burnett, the author of the novel on which the film""s screenplay (by Francis Faragoh and Robert N.Lee) was based, was also co-scriptwriter ofScarface: The Shame of the Nation (1932).The crime film""s impact at the start of the sound era was remarkable - its box-office popularity spawned many others like it (mostly from the Warner Bros.