At the receptionist""s desk with his legs stretched out, as the girls stood waiting, he played with a coin hat he rolled over his fingers, and turned on the portable radio."The announcer described Rocky""s dismal chances as he approached closer to the ring: "A fifty-to-one underdog living a Cinderella story, but he""s captured people""s imaginations all over the world.Stahl, was based on the recently-written novel by best-selling author Ben Ames Williams.After an intense bidding war, studio head Darryl F.Zanuck acquired the film rights in 1944 for an exorbitant price tag of $100,000 for the unpublished work (it was published a month later).The Joker (located by Batman at the Prewitt building) announced his "social experiment" to the ferry riders - he had put explosives on both ferries: "Each of you has a remote to blow up the other boat...This is my home and I don""t like dirt tracked into it.Bannion: I see.And I""ve violated your immaculate home, is that it?Lagana: That""s exactly it.And tomorrow morning, I""ll see you don""t get the chance to do it again.Bannion: What""ll you do? Make another phone call? Or have somebody make it for ya?Lagana: I""ve seen some dummies in my time, but you""re in a class by yourself.