" Ruefully, Sullivan admits his first-hand ignorance about trouble, poverty, and misery, and the studio representatives believe they have persuaded him to reconsider and not film his next project:O Brother, Where Art Thou?- a message film that would surely fail at the box office.There, a cool-headed Spade talks with plainclothes Police Sergeant Tom Polhaus (Ward Bond), who shows him the location of Miles"" body sprawled near some rocks and the murder weapon.He commanded his thugs, who were outside unloading a metal crate (containing a missile launcher) from a van (marked with bullet holes), to "modify it, and attach it to the stern" of the yacht (although the instructions were in Russian).Peter wanted to fund his dream of escaping China so he could return to the US and die there.The balance of power seesawed to a perilous conclusion in which they were captured by Yang and aken away on his junk.