Olga: I don""t want to know.Only maybe, maybe it could be different his time, if we try.Joe: I""ve never seen a guy that could get away with it yet."Little Arnie Lorch""s gambling house ---" is introduced with an overhead shot of a spinning roulette wheel.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).Their battle ended when Cyclops was restored to his real self ("It""s okay, it""s me"), and he helped the injured Jean.Earnshaw (Cecil Kellaway).Returning from a trip to the city of Liverpool, the congenial gentleman/farmer brought home a young, dirty-faced gypsy boy (Rex Downing as youth): "a gift of God, although it""s as dark as if it came from the devil.The action moved to Shanghai, at the time of the celebratory Chinese New Year in 1947.Alex was visiting his Uncle Jonathan inside the nightclub when his parents unexpectedly arrived.Also there was Mad Dog Maguire (Liam Cunningham), an ex-pilot who knew Rick when they had served together in the French Foreign Legion in 1923.