As the independent-minded, individualistic Emma was getting in the car with her family to move from Houston, Texas to Des Moines, Iowa, away from her managing mother, she told her:Mama, that's the first time I stopped hugging first.The message of director John Sturges' taut and influential film can be interpreted with different levels of meaning, but predominantly as the tense portrayal of a one-armed stranger who intrusively has arrived in a half-forgotten desert town filled with ruffians.She summoned him to join her as she approached her hot-tub and stripped naked ("Come in, and I'll show you everything you need to know")."While babysitting Tommy, Laurie was asked: "Is the boogeyman real?" She teased him, responding that the boogeyman liked to eat little boys.With a production budget of $200 million, and box-office gross receipts of $373 million (domestic) and almost $784 million (worldwide).