The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Shadow punch | 0:45:00 - Watchman gets punched by a shadowy figure | attacking | crime | criminal | dramatic | fighting | gangster | guard | punching | robbery | shadow | store | violence |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:16:29 - Rocky shoots Mac and Frazier | agitated | attacking | casino | chaos | chasing | climbing | conflict | crowd | death | dramatic | dying | escaping | falling | fighting | gangster | gun | gunshot | hurrying | jumping | landing | lawyer | leading man | mickey-mousing | police | rooftop | room | running | shooting | sneaking | sneaky | street | underscoring |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:08:20 - The kids confront the junk shop owner | attacking | conflict | death | fighting | gang | mickey-mousing | ominous | running | shop | shopkeeper | stairs | stinger | teenager | tense | underscoring | up |
Crime School (1938) | Attacking | 0:08:27 - Spike attacks the junk shop owner | attacking | conflict | death | dramatic | fighting | gang | mickey-mousing | shop | shopkeeper | teenager | tense |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Saving Myself For You (I’ve Been) | 0:08:02 - Relaxing in Johnnie's apartment | attacking | conversing | drinking | fighting | floozy | jaunty | leading man | murder | murdering | murder scene | partying | radio | room | source music | violence |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:23:21 - Johnnie confronts men at the diner | advance plot | diner | fighting | leading man | money | mysterious | sitting | sneaking | underscoring |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:56:17 - Johnnie sees his picture in the paper | angry | arguing | dramatic | fighting | hero | leading man | mickey-mousing | photograph | ranch | teenager | tense | turning point | underscoring |
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | The Whip | 1:10:16 - Kids at the carnival | arena | boxer | cheerful | entering | excited | fighting | hero | leading man | march | sitting | source music | sport scene | teenager |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | The Fight | 0:25:09 - Clementi and man fight | fighting | flashback |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | The Fight | 1:51:35 - Clementi and O'Hara get into a fight | fighting | flashback | violence |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Joe fights cow | 0:13:56 - Joe fights cow (off-screen) | augmented triads | barn | comical | cow | fighting | hero | lovers meet | mickey-mousing | parallelism |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Fight) | 0:25:41 - Charlie and Joe fight | barn | conflict | dramatic | fighting | hero | mickey-mousing | punching | villain |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Brave) | 1:10:38 - Joe jumps onto the car | action scene | car | city | dramatic | fighting | gangster | hero | main theme | street | whole-tone chords |
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) | Dust Be My Destiny (Heroic) | 1:10:32 - Joe heroically wrestles the steering wheel from the gangster | action scene | city | dramatic | fighting | gangster | hero | main theme | street |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Agents Fight | 0:59:39 - Communist agents fight the FBI man and stab him | fighting | knife | throwing |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Undercover Agent (Interrogation) | 1:11:05 - Commies beat up Matt | agent | fighting |
The Informer (1935) | The Wearin’ o’ the Green (Fighting) | 1:03:48 - Gypo talks about Dan Gallagher then fights with the rebels | advance plot | antagonist | conversing | drunk | familiar tune | fighting | folk song | leading lady | leading man | reassuring | rebel | street | struggling |
The Informer (1935) | The Escape (The Fight) | 1:28:20 - Rebels shoot through the door to capture Gypo | antagonist | climax | down | dramatic | escaping | falling | fighting | leading man | mickey-mousing | protagonist | rebel | room | running | tense | traitor |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred B (Angry) | 1:23:38 - Mildred tears up Veda's check | angry | antagonist | arguing | check | conflict | daughter | fighting | heroine | leading lady | room | slapping | tearing | tense | violence | yelling |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Green Lady | 1:12:08 - Ward, Marie, and Louise talk in the club | advance plot | arguing | cheerful | fighting | gangster | night club | source music | trainer | transcribed by ear |
Kid Galahad (1937) | Entanglements | 1:17:24 - Ward punches Nick and Nick leaves | advance plot | dark | farm | fighting | leading man | manager | mother | not by Steiner | sister | somber | tragic | transcribed by ear |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Unfaithful (Attack) | 0:08:40 - Man takes Chris inside her house and attacks her | advance plot | antagonist | attacking | criminal | danger | dissonant sets | fighting | house | leading lady | ostinatos | shadow | sinister | victim |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Unfaithful (Attack) | 1:13:06 - Bob attacks the art shop owner | angry | antagonist | attacking | dissonant sets | fighting | husband | main theme | ostinatos | pivotal scene | room | widow | zoom in |
White Heat (1949) | Prison Fight | 0:37:48 - Hank sees Bo Creel and starts a fight to evade detection | fighting | prison | tense |
White Heat (1949) | Punches | 0:38:03 - Hank punches inmate | fighting | mickey-mousing | prison | punching |
White Heat (1949) | Fight | 1:26:51 - Hank fights with gangster and is caught by Cody | fighting | mickey-mousing | punching |
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:31:44 - Rocky punches a police man | agitated | climax | fighting | gangster | leading man | police | priest | prison | punching | tense | underscoring |
Crime School (1938) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:15:31 - Frankie fights Spike | agitated | arguing | conflict | fighting | gang | hero | leading man | street | teenager | underscoring |
Are These Our Children? (1931) | Underscoring (Dark) | 0:30:25 - Eddie attacks boy | arguing | dark | double exposure | dream sequence | fighting | friend | kissing | leading man | montage | ominous |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:27:50 - Steve fights Hammy | action scene | conductor score | dramatic | fighting | gangster | hurried | leading lady | leading man | room | strangling | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | How Many Hearts Have You Broken | 0:40:22 - A dance hall | advance plot | club | conversing | drowning | fighting | gangster | interrogating | investigator | jazz | leading man | mellow | source music |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:51:36 - Amato yells at Steve | action scene | angry | arguing | conductor score | fighting | gangster | investigator | leading man | room | underscoring | violence | yelling |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 1:34:57 - Steve and Amato fight | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Menace | 1:35:21 - Steve and Amato fight | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:35:47 - Steve and Amato fight | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:35:56 - The police boat advances | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense | underscoring |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato | 1:36:12 - Steve and Amato fight | action scene | agitated | boat | dock | dramatic | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | tense |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Amato falls | 1:36:20 - Amato falls in the water | action scene | boat | dock | dramatic | falling | fighting | gangster | inspector | leading man | mickey-mousing | punching | splashing | tense | water |