Carl (Robert Bray) the bus driver made some suggestive comments to the friendly owner Grace (Betty Field) at the other end of the counter: "l bet hat apartment you got upstairs is real nice, too.He arrived just in time to save Elizabeth (with the medallion around her neck, emitting a pulse in the water) who had fainted and fallen into the ocean after the promotion ceremony.I""m sick of the smell of booze.I""m sick of noise.I""m sick of being a pal to a lot of drunks.I""m not getting any place." He has also grown tired of girlfriend moll Iris Dawn (Wynne Gibson).His ambition is to make it big in high society.Speakeasy rival mobster Frankie Guard (Bradley Page) meets with Joe and proposes to buy him out for "fifty grand" - o end the competition.In fact, its success spurred further black and white, post-war dramas dealing with social-problems, e.Ethan""s hardness and guarded, mysterious background reflect his inability o accept or understand society, or to embrace family life for himself.