Phyllis Dietrichson is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who inspires in her nothing but contempt, but rather than leave him Phyllis decides to kill him and collect on the insurance policy she's had set up with the help of her lover, and naive partner in crime, insurance salesman Walter Neff. The only flaws in their plan are the company's reluctance to pay out so much, the diligence of Neff's increasingly suspicious colleague, (and his 'little man'), and the exemplary ruthlessness of Ph find out more...

It's 1929 on America's East coast. In an unnamed city, Leo and his right hand man Tom run the show unchallenged, but their friendship is threatened when they fall for the same girl and a bloody struggle for power erupts among their fellow gangsters. Classy, witty, violent and utterly brilliant. find out more...