]The Three Main Characters - Doris, Susan, and Fred:While the parade was still in progress, Doris returned to her apartment where she was told that her young 2nd grade daughter Susan Walker (8-9 year-old Natalie Wood) was watching he parade from the front apartment window of their handsome neighbor, lawyer-attorney Fred Gailey (John Payne).The man was attacked, and his larynx was grabbed and crushed (rendering him conveniently mute with inoperable vocal chords) - and Michael switched clothing with him.Directed by the talented Hungarian-accented Michael Curtiz and shot almost entirely on studio sets, the film moves quickly hrough a surprisingly tightly constructed plot, even though the script was written from day to day as the filming progressed and no one knew how the film would end - who would use the two exit visas? [Would Ilsa, Rick""s lover from a past romance in Paris, depart with him or leave with her husband Victor, the leader of the underground resistance movement?] And three weeks after shooting ended, producer Hal Wallis contributed the film""s famous final line - delivered on a fog-shrouded runway.Another classmate who had often bullied Clark in high school - drunk ex-football star Brad Wilson (Gavan O""Herlihy), refused to shake Clark""s hand, and scowled when Lana showed an affectionate preference for Clark instead of him on the dance floor.[Spoiler: Yuri bought oil leases for $20 million with the stolen CIA money and was in a covert alliance with evil mastermind and veteran CIA boss Ward Abbott (Brian Cox).