| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Shadow punch | 0:45:00 - Watchman is punched by a shadowy figure | attacking | augmented sixth chord | crime | criminal | dramatic | fighting | gangster | guard | punching | robbery | shadow | store | violence | whole-tone |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Slapping | 0:53:02 - Carmen slaps Joe with her purse | blackmailer | conflict | criminal | femme fatale | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | private eye | room | slamming | slapping | suspect | tense | violence |
| Crime School (1938) | Marks | 0:36:14 - Mark looks at the whip marks on Frankie's back | advance plot | dark | hospital | leading man | looking | reformatory | teenager | violence | warden | wounded |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Saving Myself For You (I've Been) | 0:08:02 - Johnnie at a party | AABA structure | attacking | conversing | drinking | fighting | floozy | jaunty | leading man | murder | murdering | murder scene | partying | radio | room | source music | violence |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Clementi is shot | 0:25:06 - Clementi is shot and buckles over | flashback | gun | shooting | violence |
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | The Fight | 1:51:35 - Clementi and O'Hara get into a fight | fighting | flashback | violence |
| Deep Valley (1947) | Turns, Hits, and Falls | 0:22:28 - Barry hits the guard | boss | conflict | convict | dramatic | falling | father | guard | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | punching | stinger | street | turning | violence |
Deep Valley (1947) | Slap | 0:32:20 - Cliff slaps Libby | conflict | dramatic | father | leading lady | lightning | mickey-mousing | room | slapping | storm | thunder | violence |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:04:55 - Frank is pushed into a car | car | chromatic scale | conflict | diminished 7th chord | dissonant bass | dramatic | fragmentation | gangster | gun | hero | kidnapping | leading man | pushing | reporter | street | underscoring | violence |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:05:24 - Frank is framed for drunk driving | 9th chord | attacking | car | conflict | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | gangster | hero | leading man | minor second | murder | pushing | reporter | setup | street | underscoring | violence |
Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Hits with bottle | 0:05:26 - A bottle of alcohol is broken | 9th chord | bottle | breaking | conflict | dramatic | gangster | hero | leading man | mickey-mousing | reporter | street | violence |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Dead Man | 0:38:18 - Dead man on the rocks | advance plot | body | brash | conductor score | dark | death | discovering | dock | violence |
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) | Amato | 1:32:23 - Amato shoots Lye | action scene | brash | gangster | gun | gunshot | leading man | murder | murdering | room | shooting | tense | violence | yelling |
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Lye's Death | 1:32:58 - Lye is killed | action scene | brash | gangster | harsh | leading man | murder | murdering | shooting | street | violence |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | Undercover Agent (Riot) | 1:14:31 - Montage of civil unrest | main theme | montage | riot | violence |
| Illegal (1955) | Punches man | 0:20:38 - Vic punches the man | bar | drunk | mickey-mousing | punching | violence |
Illegal (1955) | Embezzler | 0:33:22 - Vic decides to help the embezzler | hero | money | violence |
| Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 3 | 0:25:37 - Curly pushes Nora | dangerous | establish character | gangster | gun | hotel | leading man | mysterious | stinger | threatening | violence |
Key Largo (1948) | Tension | 0:26:48 - Rocco slaps bleeding man | boss | establish character | gangster | hostage | hotel | menacing | police | sinister | slapping | violence |
Key Largo (1948) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:33:43 - Nora rises to attack Rocco | angry | attacking | boss | conflict | dramatic | father | gangster | hitting | horror | hostage | hotel | kissing | leading lady | leading man | tense | underscoring | violence |
Key Largo (1948) | Tension (Violent) | 0:46:44 - McCloud decides whether to shoot | boss | conflict | dangerous | father | gangster | gun | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | moll | tense | threatening | violence | violent |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco + Tension | 0:46:48 - Rocco's grinning face | boss | combination of themes | conflict | dangerous | father | gangster | gun | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | moll | staring | tense | threatening | violence | violent |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 3 + Tension + Laughing | 0:46:53 - Gangsters laugh at McCloud | boss | combination of themes | conflict | dangerous | father | gangster | gun | hostage | hotel | laughing | leading lady | leading man | mocking | moll | tense | violence | violent |
Key Largo (1948) | Tosses gun | 0:47:06 - McCloud tosses the gun onto a chair | boss | conflict | father | gangster | gun | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | moll | tense | tossing | violence |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco 3 (Extended) | 0:47:08 - Mr. Temple asks for the gun | boss | conflict | dangerous | father | gangster | gun | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | moll | staring | tense | threatening | violence | violent |
Key Largo (1948) | Rocco (Conflict) | 0:47:39 - Gaye looks terrified | boss | conflict | danger | father | fear | gangster | gun | horror | hostage | hotel | leading lady | leading man | look of horror | moll | staring | stinger | threatening | violence |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Breaks glass | 1:05:35 - Bert slaps the glass out of Monte's hand | advance plot | breaking | down | ex-husband | falling | glass | heroine | leading lady | love interest | mickey-mousing | restaurant | tense | throwing | violence |
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 | pc set | room | slapping | tearing | tense | violence | yelling |
Mildred Pierce (1945) | Stunned Reaction | 1:23:44 - Mildred is stunned after Veda slaps her | angry | antagonist | conflict | daughter | dramatic | heroine | leading lady | pc set | room | staring | stunned | violence |
| Out of the Fog (1941) | Russian Barcarolle (Threatening) | 0:20:40 - Goff threatens Jonah | arguing | boat | breaking | chef | conflict | conversing | criminal | dark | dock | extortion | father | fisherman | friend | leading man | tense | threatening | violence |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:26:42 - Goff slaps Jonah | arguing | chef | conflict | criminal | dock | dramatic | extortion | falling | father | fisherman | friend | leading man | mickey-mousing | punching | slapping | stinger | underscoring | violence |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:49:39 - Goff stops Jonah | conflict | conversing | criminal | dark | dramatic | extortion | father | fisherman | leading man | mickey-mousing | panning shot | stinger | street | threatening | underscoring | violence | walking | weapon |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Beating | 0:50:17 - Goff beats Jonah | beating | conflict | criminal | dark | dramatic | extortion | father | fisherman | leading man | mickey-mousing | street | violence | weapon |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:50:24 - Goff shoves Jonah | conflict | criminal | dark | dramatic | extortion | father | fisherman | leading man | street | threatening | underscoring | violence |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Russian Barcarolle (Death Threat) | 0:50:48 - Goff mocks Jonah | conflict | criminal | dark | extortion | father | fisherman | leading man | mocking | street | tense | threatening | violence |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 0:51:05 - Goff gives Jonah a gun | conflict | criminal | dramatic | extortion | father | fisherman | gun | leading man | mocking | stinger | street | threatening | underscoring | violence |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:06:59 - Goff hits George | boyfriend | conflict | criminal | dock | dramatic | falling | fighting | fisherman | friend | leading man | punching | violence |
Out of the Fog (1941) | Animato | 1:07:04 - Jonah and Olaf help George | arguing | boyfriend | conflict | criminal | dock | fisherman | friend | leading man | tense | violence |
| White Heat (1949) | Big Ed's Death | 1:18:41 - Big Ed sees Cody and tries to escape out of the door before being shot in the back and falling down the stairs | death | gunshot | violence |
White Heat (1949) | Gangster gets shot | 1:48:07 - Gangster gets shot and falls down | death | gunshot | mickey-mousing | violence |
White Heat (1949) | Tanker 2 (Brash) | 1:48:12 - Agents run up the stairs | agent | brash | stairs | violence |
White Heat (1949) | Underscoring (Dramatic) | 1:51:15 - Riley hits the ground | death | gunshot | stinger | violence |
| The Public Defender (1931) | Violence | 0:00:41 - Cast list and balancing scales | balancing | cast list | diminished 7th chord | dramatic | main title | opening title sequence | tense | transcribed by ear | violence |
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