Performance (1970) (MOD)

Performance (1970) (MOD)In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a "performer," a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When Chas and Turner meet, their worlds collide and the impact is both exotic and explosive. James Fox and Mick Jagger indelibly play Chas and Turner in this spellbinder of illusion and reality, decadence and decay. Fugitive Chas hides in Turner's cavernous house. Events then spiral into an eerie breakdown of

A witty masquerade

Tensions (including the sexual kind) are sizzling in all 18 frighteningly fun

a handsome man who is clearly attracted to her

The period-perfect score is by Ralph Blane (Meet Me in St

Convicted of felony car theft

Depicting Batman firing his grappling gun

Best in Show) to venture into uncharted comedy territory

according to The Hollywood Reporter

But will she abandon the security of the prosperous attorney (Wendell Corey) she's dating for the charm of this unemployed man who puts his money where his heart is

including a buffed butcher

" he proclaims

reviled and revered