Shellhammer threatened to fire Kris for directing customers o other stores, until Peter""s mother congratulated him and thanked him for promoting a Santa who was honest and restored the Christmas spirit.The flip-side of this dark and serious buddy picture was its major competitor of the year, the M-rated, humorous revisionistic western/comedyButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)with its heroes Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) and he Sundance Kid (Robert Redford).His power seemed without limit.He was master of millions, but like the lowliest peasant, he could not stop growing old.He needed to defeat his last enemy, death itself.One day, news came of a powerful witch who was rumored to know the secret to eternal life.He ordered General Ming [Russell Wong], his oldest friend and trusted ally, to find her.The witch was named Zi Yuan [Michelle Yeoh] and she was nothing like the general expected.When he met with the beautiful witch at his palace, warlord Han ordered Ming: "No man is to touch her.] In both 1945 and 1956, it was remade as musicals:Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)starring Ann Miller, andYou Can""t Run Away From It (1956)with Jack Lemmon and June Allyson.He claimed that he knew nothing about how he got there.Under pressure, he then divulged the name of his contact in Minsk -- Dimitri Miediev.Harmon typed the name into his computer, and discovered that Miediev worked in the American Consulate in Kiev.