"The story was about how young, precocious, pure-hearted pink piglet Babe, raised by sheepdogs and daring to be different (and challenging the status quo and his "proper place" in life as a pig), learned to politely and kindly herd sheep to avoid being killed for human food.The endless tracking shots of Mireau through the trenches are absorbing and dramatic, along with distant sounds of exploding mortars.The downbeat screenplay was based on Geoffrey Homes"" (a pseudonym - his real name was Daniel Mainwaring) 1946 novelBuild My Gallows High, a book that consciously imitated Dashiell Hammett""sThe Maltese Falcon (1941).Look what it got him." There was no wallet or ID on the body, however, and no witnesses to the recently-committed crime.The Sheriff speculated that the killer might be a passing hitchhiker and ordered Officer Wood to check out he train depot and the pool hall...I grabbed it off his head." Her mother stared back in horror.In their kitchen the next day, Nancy (who hadn""t slept all night) overheard her mother on the phone talking about he fedora - and then when questioned, her mother claimed she had hrown the "filthy thing" away: "I don""t know where you really found it or what you""re trying to prove.