The policeman turns back to offer help and leaves the criminal to escape.Holding onto the creaking and collapsing gutter, the hanging man is frozen by his fear of heights (acrophobia).However, Dmytryk and Scott both found themselves testifying for the House Un-American Activities Committee for their alleged membership in the Communist Party, and by refusing to testify became part of the blacklisted Hollywood 10.The next scene was set in Metropolis, a busy street scene outside the offices of theDaily Planetnewspaper, and then inside where frenetic activity was occurring among reporters, editors, and office staff.It kinda makes you think different.I don""t want to be spending the rest of my life answering a factory whistle instead of a bugle call.I""ll be cooped up in a shipping room all day.I want to do something worthwhile.The Rev.excuses Jim""s ungrateful attitude as tiredness:Rev.:...after a good night""s sleep, you""ll be ready o take up where you left off at the factory.A soldier of peace instead of a soldier of war.Jim: I don""t want to be a soldier of anything.You see, Mom.I want o get out, away from routine.I had enough of that in the Army...I""ve been doing engineering work in the Army and that""s the kind of work I want to do now.A man""s job where he can accomplish things, where he can build, construct, create, do things.Rev.: That sounds very nice, but after all, a job in the hand""s worth wo in the bush.To appease them and follow their pre-determined plan, Jim starts work at the Parker Manufacturing Company ("The Home of Kumfort Shoes") the next day.