With a production budget of $230 million, and box-office gross receipts of $262 million (domestic) and $752.But once I""d seen her, once I""d seen her, I was not in my right mind for quite some time...me, with plenty of time and nothing to do but get myself in trouble.Some people can smell danger, not me.The camera zooms in on the seductive, mysterious, and beautifulfemme fatale: short, blond-haired Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) wearing a polka-dotted white dress, "a beautiful girl all by herself.On the huge wall of glass are distorted reflections of midtown Manhattan from below, with yellow taxis at rush hour moving back and forth.Elliott leaves the room with his baseball and glove and walks down the slick driveway in the rain and mist.Fearing that he will lose both his ex-wife and his star reporter, he suggests hat she come back to the paper and work with him to see if they can get along: "What""s the use of fighting, Hildy? I""ll tell you what you do.