Clash by Night

Nasty Earl (Robert Ryan) leers at volatile couple Peggy (Marilyn Monroe) and Joe (Keith Andes) on the Monterey beach, drawing her interest, then impresses his pal Jerry (Paul Douglas) more than his date Mae (Barbara Stanwyck), in Clash By Night, 1952, from a Clifford Odets play.

Socially clumsy Monterey fisherman Jerry (Paul Douglas), a long-time admirer of Mae (Barbara Stanwyck) who’s back in town after ten years, has persuaded her to take in a movie, and is eager to introduce his cooler pal, projectionist Earl (Robert Ryan), with mixed results, in Fritz Lang’s Clash By Night, 1952.

Newly divorced and not holding his liquor, Earl (Robert Ryan) visits Jerry (Paul Douglas) and Mae (Barbara Stanwyck) at their steamy Monterey home, in Fritz Lang's Clash By Night, 1952, from Clifford Odets' play.

Lecherous Earl (Robert Ryan) watches Joe (Keith Andes) and Peggy (Marilyn Monroe) on the beach, then pursues her in the cafe, in Fritz Lang's Clash By Night, 1951, from the Clifford Odets play.

An embittered woman (Barbara Stanwyck) seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband's friend (Robert Ryan) in Clash by Night (1952), directed by Fritz Lang.