" David Warfield told his daughter to let Lois leave, and also recommended firing the mostly-absent Clark.The bunker area rapidly filled with water, as Fox narrowly escaped drowning.Her final words hinted that she thought her plan would succeed: "There""s no way this bomb will be stopped.Anyone might.Mrs.Robinson: I don""t see why? I""m twice as old as you are.How could anyone think that...Ben: But they would! Don""t you see?Mrs.Robinson: Benjamin.I am not trying to seduce you!Ben: I know that, but please, Mrs.Robinson.This is difficult..Mrs.Robinson:Would you like me to seduce you?Ben: What?Mrs.Robinson:Is that what you""re trying to tell me?Ben: (A long pause.) I""m going home now.I apologize for what I said.I hope you can forget it.But I""m going home right now.Her forwardness and coming on to him terrifies him, and eventually scares him out the door and down the stairs.Howard HawksThe Big Sleep (1946),d.Howard HawksTwo Guys From Milwaukee (1946), d.David Butler; Bogart and Bacall appear in cameosDark Passage (1947),d.Delmer DavesKey Largo (1948), d.John HustonThe atmosphere of the film is dark and paranoic - full of suspicion, dread, and intrigue.The film""s title,The Big Sleep, refers to death.Blackmailers and murderers commit their ill deeds (gambling, pornography, vice, perversion) while the world continues on its course, almost asleep.The wildly successful "photo-dramatic production" was based upon Samson Raphaelson""s 1921 short story "The Day of Atonement" (also the basis for Raphaelson""s popular 1926 Broadway play of the same name), and adapted for the screen by Alfred A.