The Perfect Crime and more

The Perfect Crime

1955. USA. Written and directed by Robert Altman. Produced by the Calvin Company. With Leonard Belove, Owen Bush, Art Ellison. This noir-style public service film on traffic safety opens with a double murder. Digital projection. 29 min.

The Delinquents

1957. USA. Written and directed by Robert Altman. With Tom Laughlin, Peter Miller, Rosemary Howard. Before his feature film career took off with MASH, Altman’s early sponsored films and television work allowed him to develop his craft in a range of traditional genres. Among them is this 1950s teensploitation picture in which a pretty girl’s rebellion against bourgeois parents leads to recklessness and violence. DCP presentation courtesy the Robert Altman Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. 72 min.