He tells his aging friend Dr.Edward "Pop" Cardetti (Victor Moore) that he is leaving the show-business stage for a career as a professional gambler, with an appetite for cards and dice:My talent is gambling, Pop.On his second try with a better memory thought, Harry succeeded, and hen described how he had seen his parents"" faces talking to him.Suddenly, in an upstairs bedroom, the ringing of an alarm clock is heard, and Firefly appears in bed with a nightshirt, nightcap, and cigar.Her performance as a cool and icy blonde recalled the way that Hitchcock often presented and treated his ethereal leading ladies, who included Madeleine Carroll, Grace Kelly, Vera Miles, and Tippi Hedren.