Sirk""s most successful melodramas of the mid-to-late 50s decade included the following - predominantly from Universal-International:All I Desire (1953)Magnificent Obsession (1954)All That Heaven Allows (1955)Written on the Wind (1956)The Tarnished Angels (1957)- reuniting stars Stack, Malone, and HudsonImitation of Life (1959)- Sirk""s last American filmThis vivid, gaudy and slightly campy Technicolor film, from a screenplay by George Zuckerman that was adapted from Robert Wilder""s best-selling novel of the same name, centered on the frenzied dynamics within a self-destructing, filthy-rich (literally) Texas oil family named Hadley.Foley was at the end of his three days"" visit and realized time was running out.The trio tracked financial manager Bernstein to his office, where the crafty Foley used his computer (after accusing him of having 25 unpaid parking tickets) and learned that Dent and Karla were imminently traveling to Costa Rica.He offered his candid, low opinion of the daily newspaper that cost a nickel:I was passing through Albuquerque."However, Ross was shot and killed by sniper fire from London "asset" or assassin Paz (Edgar Ramirez) in the midst of the busy Waterloo concourse.