Both stars played their unsympathetic roles against type - it was Lancaster's first villainous role as J.That's an edge, brother.Without an edge, there ain't no tough guy.[The implication is that Bannister's wealth ("bankroll in (his) pocket") provides him with most of his edge, something hat Michael will soon find out.He lustfully delivers a brief but fiery blessing, telling the oversexed Pearl that her feminine curves ordain her to a life of sexual temptation:Sin Killer: Pearl? You can be a woman of sin or a woman of God.At her stove as she was about to cook up six eggs for him, she asked as she suggestively thrust out her chest at him: "How do you like them?" - referring not to the eggs but to her breasts in his line of sight.