Two assholes get what they deserve. One after the other. In the end. Justice is served with cake.
Type:
Short
Status:
Available for Free
Page Count:
10pp
Genre:
Film-Noir
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
13+
Based On:
Sam Spade, The Thin Man, Charlie Chan, Mr. Moto, Philip Marlowe.
Synopsis/Details
Rick is killed by his brother in law the sheriff and disappears. The sheriff's wife, Rick's sister, hires a detective. The detective tricks the sheriff into exposing himself as the killer. This is my homage to Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, The Thin Man, Charley Chan, and all those other flimflam tricksters of noir classic detective stories.

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Submitted: 2019-May-18
Last Updated: 2025-Aug-21
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The Writer: Nicholas Zingarelli

I have been writing short stories and drawing cartoons since I was in grammar school in Chicago. I was a bit of a delinquent when I was young and got into trouble with the police many times. When I finally wised up, I got a union job in the building trades and subsequently built over two hundred playgrounds for inner-city children in Chicago. I started writing screenplays twenty years ago while recovering from three severe work-related injuries that led to surgeries that have left me physically challenged. Man, I thought getting in trouble with the police, severe injuries, and the subsequent surgeries and growing up in the inner-city was tough, but this screenwriting thing is a whole new… Go to bio
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