''Three Way'' is a 2004 neo-noir crime thriller film directed by

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and starring

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, Joy Bryant,

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, Desmond Harrington,

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, and

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. The plot, based on

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's pulp novel '' Wild To Possess'', concerns a

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plot. The film was released also with titles ''3-way'' and ''Three Way Split''.

Plot

When Lew Brookbank (

) learns that his wife is having an affair with another man, he grabs his gun and goes in search of revenge, only to find the two in bed together on his boat, murdered. Between a strong motive for killing the two of them and a shady past, Lew fears he will be the police's prime suspect, and so dumps the bodies into the ocean, abandons the boat, and leaves San Diego. Settling in a town outside Santa Barbara, he finds work making signboards, meets a girl, Rita ( Joy Bryant), and goes on with life as before. Working along the side of the road one evening placing signboards, he stumbles upon a couple, Isobel (

) and Ralph ( Desmond Harrington), planning the kidnapping and murder of Ralph's wife, Florence (

). He immediately devises a plan to steal the ransom money from the two of them. It is at this time that Herbert (

), brother of Lew's late-wife's lover, appears, claiming to know that it Lew who is responsible for his brother's disappearance and promising to turn over a gun left on the boat where the two had been killed. Ralph kidnaps his wife Florence with the help of his girlfriend Isobel and keeps her in a boat. Lew has been following them and takes Florence away from the boat. Then he phones Ralph anonymously, threatening to call police unless he cuts him in for half the ransom money. Ralph agrees. Ralph and Isobel suspect that it is Florence who has some accomplice of her own and is blackmailing them. Lew sends Rita to get the money from Ralph. But Lew's plans turns awry when Herbert interrupts and kills Florence. When Rita comes back she finds Herbert struggling with Lew and shoots him dead. She later finds that the money she brought from Ralph is fake. Lew goes to Isobel and Ralph to ask them about the real money. Meanwhile Rita tips off the police. Soon the police come and arrest Lew, Ralph and Isobel. Lew is released on the verdict of Rita who had hidden the real money herself.

Cast

as Lewis 'Lew' Brookbank * Joy Bryant as Rita Caswell *

as Isobel Delano * Desmond Harrington as Ralph Hagen *

as Herbert Claremont (Clarkson) *

as Florence DeCroix Hagen * Roxana Zal as Janice Brookbank *

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as Patrolman

References

External links

* * {{Scott Ziehl 2004 films 2004 crime thriller films American crime thriller films Films about kidnapping Films based on American novels Films based on thriller novels Films set in San Diego Hyperion Pictures films 2000s English-language films Films directed by Scott Ziehl 2000s American films