[Director Hitchcock appears in his traditional cameo on the sidewalk outside Elster""s Mission District shipyard company - he walks left to right across the frame, carrying a black trumpet horn case that looks like an oversized flashlight.When ""Myers"" did emerge, Jim clobbered him on the head, causing Freddie (in a Myers"" costume) to be upset: "Relax, man.He was set up for an ambush and abduction when he met and fell in love with the daughter of one of Yang""s agents - the beautiful spy Judy Perrie (Madeleine Carroll).In effect, Messala asks Ben-Hur to turn traitor on his people, and reveal the names and identity of Jewish underground resistance leaders - referred to as "criminals.Unemployed for 36 weeks, the chronic loser had a horrible job record, and he was no longer eligible for benefits.