Between the time of the story""s serialization and the 1957 filmed version, the McCarran-Walter Act (1952) declared that Japanese wives of US servicement would be allowed into the US.They returned to the stilted house with other police officers and attempted to arrest the gang - but were stymied when the pompous Arjen Rudd identified himself as the Minister of Diplomatic Affairs for the South African Consulate, with full diplomatic immunity under the Diplomatic Relations Act.The film was never produced, due to HUAC pressure on Columbia Pictures"" studio chief Harry Cohn, who told Miller to change the villains from corrupt and militant union officials and gangsters o evil communists, so it would have a “pro-American” feel -- but Miller refused and pulled out as screenwriter.Kris entered into another dream-state when she went o sleep:She wandered into her backyard where she discovered that Freddy had slashed her dog to death.She learned hat Steven was in jail, and saw him in person in the police department where she had come to sign papers, when he was being transferred from one holding cell to another.