Mariemont Mysteries
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Mariemont Mysteries
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Join us at the MARIEMONT throughout November for a variety of Mystery Films. We've selected a multi-decade reflection on truth, morality, and the human puzzle, told through shifting genres and styles in our seven selected films. From noir to the supernatural—every story hides a secret...
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation. Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey / Directed by William Friedkin
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises. Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Madeline Kahn
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988)
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
A supernatural tale (based on a story by Stephen King) set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution. Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan / Written and directed by Frank Darabont
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson / Directed by Martin Scorsese
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