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Noir Pointblank

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  3w, 4m

David Landau, Nikki Stern

David Landau / Music and Lyrics by Nikki Stern

The third story in the "Cafe Noir" series, following Murder at Cafe Noir and Noir Suspicions, Noir Pointblank is a comic tribute to the detective films of Humphrey Bogart.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    75 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller, Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
A comic tribute to the detective films of Humphrey Bogart. The third story in the "Cafe Noir" series, following Murder at Cafe Noir and Noir Suspicions. No knowledge of the previous plays is required, as each play can stand alone. In Noir Pointblank, "Just Plain" Rick has hired a singer and opened a photo display of "300 yrs of shady business" at the cafe to increase business. To this comes an American detective looking for a murderess but stumbling across a gangster on the lam, a beautiful French historian and a British lawyer with a desire to go night diving. When the murderess ends up dead and the cop is implicated in the murder, it's "Just Plain" Rick who must help him out of the jam by helping him find the real killer. Meanwhile, the gangster has assumed the mortgage for the Cafe Noir and plans on setting up his operations there, and everyone seems to be after something that sunk off the coast of Mustique in 1945. It's a true forties style American mystery with the perfect mix of action, intrigue, humor, and romance.
History
Noir Pointblank frst premiered at the Murder To Go Dinner Theater in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey on January 8, 1994.
Keywords
RICK ARCHER - Ex-PI, owner of the Cafe Noir
ANTHONY CAIRO - A dealer in the blackmarket on the run
MAUREEN TEMPLE - A British hit woman
EDWARD G. STERINBERG - A New York gangster on the lam in Mustique.
SYDNEY TREVOR - An American woman, nightclub singer
JEAN DIJON -  A French art historian
BEN TEMPLE - A British mob lawyer and Maureen's brother
DT. SAM LYRIC - An NYPD Detective, looking for Maureen
SGT. JOANNE INSTONE - The Mustique constable assigned to escort Sam
SHEILA WONDERFLY - Ex-call girl and co-owner of the Cafe Noir
INSPECTOR RIGFIELD - St. Vincent police

SGT. JOANNE INSTONE is the same actress as Jean. SHEILA WONDERLY is the same actress as Maureen. INSPECTOR RIGFIELD is the same actor as Edward.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Audience Participation/Interactive
  • Duration 75 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Gun Shots

Music

  • Vocal DemandsEasy

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

David Landau

David Landau is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Mystery Writers of America. An award-winning and published playwright, he has also won a few screenwriting awards and written a number of scripts for video and film. He received the Blackburn Award for Excellence in Pla ...

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Nikki Stern

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