Deathwatch (film)

A 1966 English language film directed by Vic Morrow.

While incarcerated in a hellish French prison, petty thief Lefranc (Leonard Nimoy) competes with his cellmate Maurice (Paul Mazursky) for the attentions of their third cellmate, the murderer Greeneyes (Michael Forest).

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Tropes used in Deathwatch (film) include:

• Everyone Wants Bad Boys: Greeneyes is in for murder; Lefranc and Maurice are both in for lesser crimes. Neither one can stop talking about how awesome Greeneyes is.
• Character Filibuster: Greeneyes.
• Downer Ending
• Flash Back: To the robbery that landed Lefranc in prison.
• Ho Yay
• Murder the Hypotenuse: Lefranc finally snaps and strangles Maurice.
• Selective Obliviousness: Greeneyes assumes that when his cellmates look at him in a not-quite-heterosexual way, it's because they're imagining what his girlfriend looks like.