[Note: The mother in Lagana""s portrait is portrayed by the uncredited Celia Lovsky.]:My mother - a great old lady.They broke the mold when they made her.She died last May.She lived here with me.Had her own suite of rooms - her own bath - everything.Never got over being surprised about my success.Rather than coming on a fund-raising errand (for a benefit dance or pension-fund drive), Bannion demands answers about he murder of Lucy Chapman (the bar-girl that Lagana ordered killed the previous night or morning); Bannion describes it as an "old-fashioned," prohibition-style murder including torture and strangulation.She is sexually excited and ecstatic, smothering him with hugs and kisses in their first love scene, as hey careen down a dusty country road.The film had its U.S.premiere, under the title ofHot Blood, on December 30, 1953.One of the film""s taglines on its posters stated:"Hot feelings hit terrifying heights in a story that really boils over!"[Note: Benedek and Kramer had originally collaborated on the Oscar-nominated film adaptation of Arthur Miller""s critically-acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning playDeath of a Salesman (1951), with Fredric March in the lead role, replacing Lee J.Dr.Branton was incredulous: "Why doesn""t she take it?" -- and Zira, exasperated by this time, blurted out: "Because I loathe bananas!", impatiently exposing the fact that she had the power of speech.