Joker's Wild

Joker's Wild

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

1984 en 12 minutes

Rating: 0

Plot

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.

Trailer

Cast

Doug Ballard

Doug Ballard

Kelly

Nancy Lepp

Nancy Lepp

Nancy

Ben Carney

Ben Carney

Eric

Mary Ann Stackpole

Mary Ann Stackpole

Telephone Receptionist (voice)

Similar Movies

The Arnelo Affair

The Arnelo Affair

en

February 13, 1947

Hollywood

Hollywood

en

December 5, 2007

Caged

Caged

en

May 19, 1950

The Marker

The Marker

en

June 25, 2017

Big Fan

Big Fan

en

February 7, 2009

Teach Me How to Cry

Teach Me How to Cry

en

October 21, 2023

Repeat Performance

Repeat Performance

en

May 22, 1947

Naked Alibi

Naked Alibi

en

October 1, 1954

Roadblock

Roadblock

en

September 17, 1951

Beg

Beg

en

May 15, 2010

Lá em cima do piano

Lá em cima do piano

pt

Invalid date

The Web

The Web

en

June 4, 1947

The Unsuspected

The Unsuspected

en

October 11, 1947

The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

en

November 29, 1945

A Woman's Devotion

A Woman's Devotion

en

November 16, 1956

Woman on the Run

Woman on the Run

en

November 10, 1950

The Whistler

The Whistler

en

March 30, 1944

I Died a Thousand Times

I Died a Thousand Times

en

November 9, 1955

The Lodger

The Lodger

en

January 19, 1944

The Chase

The Chase

en

November 16, 1946