" As a publicity stunt, Simms promised to move the shock-fest show to the Myers house: "Ten minutes in that house and I""ll have every fruitcake medium in the country calling in, trying to channel the spirit of that pussy, Michael Myers.Josephine-Joseph, half woman, half man.When the two acrobats turned critical: "Have a cigar, Joseph? You dropped your lipstick, Josephine," he/she ignored them.Instead, it would be provided by a solo instrument -- a zither.The jaunty but haunting musical score by Viennese composer/performer Anton Karas lingers long after the film""s viewing with its twangy, mermerizing, lamenting, disconcerting (and sometimes irritating) hurdy-gurdy tones.[Huston had previously directed his father in a small, unbilled role inThe Maltese Falcon (1941), his first film.He might be able to make up some kind of a case but it would cost money, money, money.That""s all they are interested in - those lawyers!" Leon, the well-heeled, rue Parisian, calms her agitation and suggests that he may be able o assist - by stopping the sale and recovering the jewels.