As she twists her collar, Annabelle contemptuously rebuffs and spurns Johnnie after he has been rejected as a soldier without allowing him any opportunity to explain.It also served as a springboard for the acting careers of its two other stars Natalie Wood (in her first non-child ""adult"" role) and unknown 16 year-old actor Sal Mineo.Although all indications reveal her boarder""s underworld connections, she naively ignores them.He mentions oddly that if they return, she should let them in.And he notes the odd circumstance that his "friends" couldn""t recognize him:Landlady: You oughtn""t to leave all that money lying around like that.5.Cross was one of the original nine Outcome agents ("program participants" chemically altered and enhanced with "chems" supplied by the Department of Defense).