It also starred Nicholson as the private detective in 1948 Los Angeles (and he also served as the film""s director - one of the few films he directed).A confused Nero then explained the reasons for his 25 years of mad retributive revenge against the Federation: his pregnant wife was killed during the destruction of Romulus, while the Federation did nothing.[Note: Crane, aka Scarecrow, was a psychiatrist at the Arkham Asylum who had conducted experiments on inmates in a previous Batman film.Both boys act mischievously in a department store, and mean Tommy enjoys playing sadistic tricks on roller-skating Molly Doyle (Rita Flynn), Matt""s sister and one of the neighborhood girls.