They deny heir own vulnerability when Dobbs asserts that gold isn""t inherently evil ("gold can be as much of a blessing as a curse").Feeling guilty, and also fearing a beating, Ratso defends himself from being physically hit: "Come on now, I""m a cripple.Her unglamorous portrayal of Charlotte Vale - a mousy, dowdy and overweight, frustrated, mother-hating virginal spinster early in the film is a remarkable acting achievement.Freddy rose up from under the bedsheet and loomed over her - imprinting his face on the stretched sheet - and then burst out with his gloved hand.