Chicago, 1920: Gangster Sam Dunleavy has just returned to town, and is visited by Al, a former childhood friend who is now a police officer. Al knows that Sam's girlfriend has just dropped him, and he warns Sam not to try anything violent. But Sam does plan to kill his ex-girlfriend, and he knows he needs an alibi. He sees his friend Barney, who promises to give him a perfect alibi for $2500. They work out the details, and Sam returns to Barney's place later to put the plan into action. But Al also shows up, so Sam knows that the plan must work perfectly.

在1944年秋季，一小队的六名美国士兵必须抵抗约德国人48小时的攻击，商讨解决办法，直到增援部队到达。 他们将总结任何一点办法和经验，每个人都必须活下去，直到增援部队到达。

《迟到的蓝调》是卡萨维兹作品中被人遗忘的宝石，面世时曾受到评论家的嘲弄，然而主要角色思想和情感的深度在今天看来超越了片子本身的一切缺陷。与处女作《影子》一样，本片中也有很多爵士乐元素，主人公Ghost和他的乐队在公园和孤儿院表演，他不愿意接任何有损于作为乐手自尊心的活，因而也无法与成功沾上边。后来他遇到了一位并非很有天赋，憔悴而迷人的女歌手，并深深爱上了她。这段感情改变了他人生的方向，最首先是造成他和经纪人以及乐队成员之间的矛盾……

Rowdy Yates is accused of murder, and has to alert the Army to a bandit assault.

This short-lived (one season, 1959/60) television detective series is without a doubt, the definitive example of what can now be termed TV Noir, riding high atop a list including such programs as Peter Gunn and 77 Sunset Strip. But JOHNNY STACCATO had much more going for it than those other shows, mainly the presence of the mighty John Cassavetes who starred as the jazz pianist turned Greenwich Village private detective.
Title character Johnny Staccato, played by John Cassavetes, is a jazz pianist/private detective. The setting for many episodes is a Greenwich Village jazz club belonging to his friend, Waldo, played by Eduardo Ciannelli. The show featured many musicians, such as Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Red Norvo, and Johnny Williams.(Ironically, given the show's New York setting, all of these men were closely identified with the West Coast jazz scene,as the show was filmed largely in Los Angeles.) Elmer Bernstein composed the main theme and Stanley Wilson was music supervisor. Cassavetes also directed some of the episodes

Although the bad weather means that she might not have many customers to cook for, Maggie sends Ben out to do some chores. After Ben leaves, Del comes in, and begins to act strangely. When Ben returns with a load of firewood, Del suddenly draws a gun on him. Ben then goes into town, while Maggie fixes a meal for Del. Soon afterward, when Red comes in, both men prepare to draw their guns. They tell Maggie about a bitter argument during a poker game the night before, and tell her to get out of the way while they settle things. Maggie begins desperately to try to stop them from shooting at each other