Silt: Lawrence Tierney

Tough Guys Don’t Dance

Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car. Norman Mailer wrote and directed this demented film noir, which takes place in a

Midnight

A teenage girl runs away from home because police officer/stepfather puts the moves on her. Hitchhiking to California, she’s picked up by two guys who are also traveling cross-country. Along the way, they decide to camp out in the woods

Prowler, The

The film begins with the return home of a wwII veteran who was the recipient of a “Dear John Letter”. After swiftly dispatching a courting couple in a Gazebo we leap to present day where a college celebration becomes the

Reservoir Dogs

Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss, Joe Cabot, to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with the intention that they won’t get too close

Prizzi’s Honor

Charley Partanna is a hit-man who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime syndicate families in the country. Unbeknownst to Charley,the Prizzis just hired Irene Walker, a free-lance killer, to eliminate someone who double-crossed them. When Irene and

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