Mundson rescues him with his ebony cane and its protruding stiletto dagger.[The revelation of the sexually-powerful cane-dagger is a perverse, compensating Freudian erect phallic substitute - "It is a most faithful, obedient friend...What do they feed you, all you men who are in Pittsburgh?Sean: Steel...Steel and pig iron furnaces so hot a man forgets his fear of hell.When you""re hard enough, tough enough, other things, other things Michaeleen.Father Lonergan, who is afoot on the winding road and meets them, narrates: "Now then, here comes myself.His father responds: "You""re an unprincipled man, Hud."In one of the film""s memorable scenes, Homer condemns his drunken son Hud, and criticizes his entire philosophy of life:You don""t give a damn.On the platform, Joe (Josephine), in a falsetto voice, introduces them to bandleader Sweet Sue and manager Beinstock: "We""re he new girls.She restrained herself from letting out a series of tremendously hysterical sobs.Catching herself in a moment of weakness and self-loathing, she slapped herself and wouldn""t allow it: "Shut up.