..the secret of ultimate power") and proceeded to the planet ("We will act for the preservation of our race.[Cagney""s entrance into the club is memorable - he spits, struts in, and tips his hat forward.] In contrast, Tom""s straight, uptight brother Mike (Donald Cook) works as a street car conductor during he day and goes to school at night, "learnin"" how to be poor," according o Tom.The screenplay by Steven Zaillian was adapted from Thomas Keneally""s 1982 biographic novel (Schindler""s Ark), constructed by interviews with 50 Schindler survivors found in many nations, and other wartime associates of the title character, as well as other written testimonies and sources.Their exasperating conversation, embedded with conflict, is a classic screwball conversation:David: Well, you don""t understand - this ismycar!Susan: You mean,thisis your car?David: Of course.Each of the main characters, living in despair, sought to choose more attractive or ""beautiful"" situations, materialistic objects, or people to align themselves with.