[The piece is Chopin""sNocturne No.6 in G Minor, Op.15, No.3.] In a ranquil scene without dialogue, as the camera pans over each of heir faces, the realization dawns on the pensive men that they have reached a natural conclusion in their lives.This was not he first time the subject matter was performed.The screenplay by Howard Koch was based on W.Somerset Maugham""s mid-1920s London stage play (that featured Gladys Cooper in the lead role).Then, it was a Broadway play that opened in 1927 (with Katharine Cornell), followed by Paramount Studios"" talkie of the same name in 1929 with Academy-Award nominated Jeanne Eagels (in her sound film debut) as the female protagonist Leslie Crosbie...then he""s still there."Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The film was filled with horror-film cliches, such as spooky music (screeching violins similar toPsycho""s and Bernard Hermann""s soundtrack), false alarms, crazed characters, red herrings, dead phone lines, sex before death, cat-and-mouse style killings, premonitions of terror, subjective ("point-of-view") camera work stalkings, a terrific rainstorm, the concluding boo-moment (similar toCarrie (1976)), a Friday the 13th full-moon, etc.During a brutal fist fight, Vince accidentally killed the man with a flurry of punches.The bartender knelt down o determine the condition of the downed man and alerted the other customers: ("Somebody call a doctor, this guy""s hurt bad").