Mundson rescues him with his ebony cane and its protruding stiletto dagger.[The revelation of the sexually-powerful cane-dagger is a perverse, compensating Freudian erect phallic substitute - "It is a most faithful, obedient friend.J.- and suck in the sweet smell of success!The film""s central actor, Burt Lancaster, also served (with his press agent Harold Hecht) as the head of the film""s production company (with hits includingThe Flame and the Arrow (1950),Apache (1954),Vera Cruz (1954), Best Picture winnerMarty (1955), andTrapeze (1956)).Quick-witted Hermione observed, through her binoculars, that Professor Snape (Head of Slytherin House) was muttering a chant at Harry and presumably responsible ("He""s jinxing the broom").She is put in the lead singing role of a musical comedy when another singer cancels out of her contract.]Transferring hispersonato the urban environment, Eastwood (in his most famous role) plays the part of an uncompromising, ough, unyielding, street-wise cop in a San Francisco overrun with crime and sexuality (e.