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Introduction: Standing Outside The Films -- Emblems -- Pt. I. Reading The Text Of Death -- Lang's Silent Allegories: Der Mude Tod (1921), Die Nibelungen (1924), Metropolis (1927) -- 1. The Marchen: Der Mude Tod -- Death And The Maiden -- 2. The Decay Of Myth: Siegfried's Death, Kriemhild's Revenge -- 3. Metropolis: The Dance Of Death -- Pt. Ii. The Mastery Of Crime -- Lang's Urban Thrillers: Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (1922), Spies (1928), The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse (1932) -- 4. Mabuse, Grand Enunciator: Control And Co-ordination -- 5. Haghi -- 6. The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse -- Pt. Iii. Hinge -- M (1931) -- 7. M: The City Haunted By Demonic Desire -- Pt. Iv. Fritz Lang's America -- The Social Trilogy: Fury (1936), You Only Live Once (1937), You And Me (1938) -- 8. You Ought To Be In Pictures: Liliom And Fury -- 9. You Only Live Once -- 10. You And Me -- Pt. V. Framing Desire: The Woman In The Window (1944), Scarlet Street (1945), The Secret Beyond The Door (1948), House By The River (1950) -- 11. The Woman In The Window: Cycles Of Desire -- 12. Scarlet Street: Life Is A Nightmare -- 13. Secret Beyond The Door. Broken Frames And Piercing Gazes -- 14. Coda: House By The River -- Pt. Vi. The 50s Exposes And Lang's Last Testament: The Blue Gardenia (1953), The Big Heat (1953), While The City Sleeps (1955), Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956), The Thousand Eyes Of Dr. Mabuse (1960) -- 15. The Blue Gardenia -- 16. The Big Heat -- 17. While The City Sleeps/beyond A Reasonable Doubt -- 18. The Circle Closes On The Last Mabuse. Tom Gunning. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [481]-517) And Index.