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Joker's Wild

“Nobody leave the theater. Someone here is a murderer!”

198412mNo ratings yet
  • Drama
  • Crime
  • Mystery

Overview

Kelly surprises Nancy late one night when he returns unexpectedly to the cold dark stage of an empty theater where they are currently in rehearsals for a stage play, a murder mystery. Kelly and Nancy have a lurid and salacious history as actors and lovers. He's come back to pick up a script. She's there to meet her husband the playwright. They're surprised to discover new props litter the stage; a real dagger, a loaded revolver and a blood-stained playing card, a Joker. As certain events begin to unfold, the reality of this “play-within-a-play” leads to a deadly finale where they find themselves caught up in a web of lies and deceit. And someone may pay the ultimate price in a deadly finale! Joker's Wild pays homage to film-noir, an 'Agatha Christie like' one act, a murder mystery that also has some fun referencing the post war classics. And was a festival favorite seen at various film festivals, broadcast on HBO and others, and won various awards such as a CINE Golden Eagle.

Keywords

  • neo-noir
  • gun
  • murder mystery
  • deceit
  • theatre
  • film noir
  • murder by gunshot
  • blood
  • dagger
  • rehearsal
  • stage play
  • cine golden eagle winners
  • blood stains
  • joker card

Details

Status
Released
Release date
January 1, 1984
Original language
English
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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