the charges were dismissed, and he later sued the club for $2 million. Cultural references The 1937 crime film Marked Woman, starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, portrays a clip joint. Other films featuring clip joints include Manpower, Lullaby of Broadway, The Asphalt Jungle and Porky's. The Fabulous Clipjoint is the first novel by science fiction and mystery writer Fredric Brown. In Tennessee Williams' Streetcar Named Desire, in the opening scene, a sailor is warned against visiting the Four Deuces as it is a clip joint. References External links Soho clip joints article on Arena, New York Post "Soho clip joints to be forced out of business by police", The Guardian, 29 February 2004, accessed 16 September 2006 Bottle Club Patron Roughed Up, Gothamist Confidence tricks Extortion