Behind Willie, Michael lowered himself from the ceiling, and as Willie stepped backwards, he tripped over Franklin's beheaded body (in a pool of blood) on the floor, and then had his throat slit with a butcher knife(# 2 death).Simultaneously, he learned that his supposedly-dead mother Kate (Jo Van Fleet) was actually alive and operating a nearby profitable brothel in Monterey...To those clear-headed ones who now stand like recording angels among the dead and dying...To the Foreign Correspondents - this motion picture is dedicated.[Note: The opening scrolled introduction warned of "clouds of war" in Europe, while Americans were seeing "rainbows" - a possible criticism ofThe Wizard of Oz (1939)and of Hitchcock's own producer David Selznick.Mildred: Veda has talent.Just ask any of the neighbors.Bert: Yeah? She plays the piano like I shoot pool.And Kay, a nice normal little kid who wants to skip rope and play baseball.But she's got to take ballet lessons! She's going to become a ballet dancer so you can feel proud of yourself.