to stand up to Biff's goading grandson Griff (Thomas F.Wilson) in Cafe 80's.The planned robbery didn't actually occur, but it led to a memorable airborne hoverboard chase scene around the town square, a crash into the front of the courthouse, and the arrest of Griff and his gang of thugs for damage of public property (theUSA Todaypaper headlined: Gang Jailed - Hoverboard Rampage Destroys Courthouse).The non-stop, harum-scarum farce skewered many institutions, including psychiatry, the sterile field of science, the police, and high-society upper classes.He had also directed the Kanin's first screenplay two years earlier forA Double Life (1947)starring Ronald Colman.He produced his magnifying glass to help her inspect it - and enlarge its perceived size.While dumbly staring straight ahead, they both shyly and tentatively ouched their hands together on the sofa.