Season Two -
The Professional Man - Directed by Steven Soderbergh (
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), responsible for the visually tepid remake of Noir Classic
Criss Cross titled
The Underneath (1995),
The Limey (1999), Teleplay written by Howard A. Rodman and based on a story by David Goodis. Cinematography was by Robert M. Stevens (Amazing Stories TV Series (1985–1987),
Pecker (1998)) and Music by Peter Bernstein
The episode stars Brendan Fraser (
The Mummy (1999),
Journey to the End of the Night (2006)) as Johnny Lamb, Bruce Ramsay (
Hit Me (1996)) as Paul, and Peter Coyote (
Bitter Moon (1992)) as Herman Charn and the Bradbury Building.
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| Johnny (Frazier) |
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| The Bradbury Building |
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| Johnny and his Montgomery Cliff photo |
Johnny (Frasier) is a daytime elevator operator in L.A.'s Bradbury Building. At night he does whack jobs for an old queen mobster Herman Charn (Coyote) who's legit business is running a Tinseltown gay bar. Johnny's preferred method of execution is by stiletto. He uses white gloves when on the job.
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| Johnny on his night job |
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| "Can I get a light" |
Paul (Ramsay) is Johnny's love interest. Paul also works for Charn as a bar tender. Things go Noirsville when Charm tells Johnny that he's got the hots for Paul. He can't keep his hands off the help.
Noirsville
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| Paul (Ramsey) |
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| Charn (Coyote) |
When Paul refuses Charn's advances Charn gets jealous and tells Johnny to kill Paul. The episode has some great shots of the Bradbury along with some nice noir stylistic cinematography. 7/10
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