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When a series of murders with obscure motives stain with blood a small kingdom just after the abolition of the capital punishment, the police ends up suspecting the former last executioner to work on his own …
There are some mistery, some suspense, some red herrings, and a switch of course.
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When a series of murders with obscure motives stain with blood a small kingdom just after the abolition of the capital punishment, the police ends up suspecting the former last executioner to work on his own …
Yes, of course they had. 1888-1889 were the years when Scotland Yard was hunting down Jack the Ripper (I corrected the concept).
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When a series of murders with obscure motives stain with blood a small kingdom just after the abolition of the capital punishment, the police ends up suspecting the former last executioner to work on his own …
WGAW # 1732491 Genres: Black comedy, crime, Mystery-suspense. Time and Place: 1889, a fictional kingdom of the old Central Europe. Concept: The misfortunes of the Police Chief, some other people and the last state executioner, when unable to transform himself,…
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A soldier in a fire fight in Vietnam is hit by a rocket propelled grenade and with unimaginable wounds is placed in a deep sleep but awakens to being in love and falling in love without opening an eye.
Hi Donn Curbow, I think you take a good subject. This is not the same story at all, but I think you could find interesting things into "Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo Hope this can help.
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A bogus spiritualist and an amateur actor hope to con a wealthy woman out of $10,000 by locating her sole heir — a nephew given up for adoption under shady circumstances — but find they are in deep water as the nephew turns out to be a kidnapper who’d rather not be found
No problem with me. Must ask Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), Slingink, because the first one is genuine!
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A bogus spiritualist and an amateur actor hope to con a wealthy woman out of $10,000 by locating her sole heir — a nephew given up for adoption under shady circumstances — but find they are in deep water as the nephew turns out to be a kidnapper who’d rather not be found
Hi Slingink, What one do you find terrible? "to con " means " to swindle". In 1976, we still put "to" in front of an infinitive. I find the second flat, terrible; and the first terrific, full a humor, with…
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A bogus spiritualist and an amateur actor hope to con a wealthy woman out of $10,000 by locating her sole heir — a nephew given up for adoption under shady circumstances — but find they are in deep water as the nephew turns out to be a kidnapper who’d rather not be found
This logline is 51 words long. Here is the 27 words version of a screenwriting guru ( http://www.crackingyarns.com.au/2010/03/25/the-most-important-27-words-a-screenwriter-will-ever-write/ ): "A bogus spiritualist and an amateur actor can wangle $10,000 if they locate an heiress's sole beneficiary, but discover he's a…
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When the world’s greatest loglining guru finds 37 resources to write the best logline, he must exercise humility and post a link on his treasured web site.
Hi Karel, That's one of the finest posts I read about loglines resources and gurus. You said "he must", but up to now (04 14 2014), he didn't! So he should but it seems like his smugness is an insurmountable…
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When disobedient space peacemaker reveal hellish plan wealthiest clans on the planet and space invaders to eliminate the excess population of the planet, has again breaks all the rules in order to save the human race and the human woman he loves.
OK. So you have two antagonists. This seems to be a strange partnership, because the interests of both should be limited to the reduction of the population. We can imagine that then, the invaders will want to eliminate what is…
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Heartbroken from the loss of his son, a photographer heads out to the beach to snap shots of a sunset with his Canon EOS 600D until he is bashed by a group of Youths who steal the camera and film their exploits out in the City of Sydney… With the footage of his son’s funeral still saved on the camera.
When this one is trapped in a gang fight, a distraught Father unites (or binds) with the teen who stole his camera containing his son's funeral footage.?
