Quickly, he becomes disillusioned, down on his luck, and low on money after being conned.Back on the street and at a acky bar, he meets another impoverished, vagrant street hustler from the Bronx, a sickly, repulsive-looking, unshaven and scruffy bum named Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman).The elevator door is broken and Alex must take the stairs.The wall inside his room is decorated with an erotic, spread-eagled female image on one side, and a poster of Beethoven on the other.[Note: The film's opening was on September 23, 1944.] The original cast stars of the Kesselring play, Jean Adair, Josephine Hull, and John Alexander, were released for a short while (for four weeks, he duration of the film shoot) to reprise their roles in the film, and joined established stars - such as Cary Grant.He opened the lid of his case, revealing shelves of various kinds of whiskey and spirits - and Brad immediately permitted him through the electronic glass doors.