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Downtown

1976 · 87 min

A sleazy, tangled noir of blackmail and nightclub intrigue that keeps you watching for the next lie.

Overview
A private eye who's over his head in debt takes on a job snapping photos of his client's rich husband in bed with another woman. But when the husband winds up with three bullet holes that seem to have come from the private eye's own gun, he's got to prove he's not the murderer meanwhile getting tangled deeper in a web of deceit, lies, and steamy night club dancers!

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • deception
    • crime
    • betrayal
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, crime
    Directed by
    Jesús Franco
    Written by
    Jesús Franco, Christine Lembach
    Starring
    Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Paul Müller, Martine Stedil, Beni Cardoso, Raymond Hardy, Martina Domingo, Peggy Markoff
    Cinematography
    Jesús Franco
    Runtime
    87 min
    Country
    Switzerland
    Languages
    German

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