"With the car payments taken over by Paulie, Rocky returned home to Adrian to tell her the news of his job lay-off due to "economics.Fascinated by the Western sharpshooter, he steps back, looks around, and hurls a object through he glass to break it.The film""s tightly-plotted screenplay was loosely based on the 1915 novel of the same name by Scottish author John Buchan, and freely adapted by playwright Charles Bennett, Ian Hay and Hitchcock himself.Leslie: We really stole Texas, didn""t we, Mr.Benedict? I mean, away from Mexico....Well, It""s all right there in the history books, isn""t it? This man Mr.Austin came down with about 300 families, it says.And the next thing you know, they""re up and claiming it from Mexico....Bick: Well, I never heard anything as ignorant as some Eastern people....Leslie: Oh, please, Jordan.I""m only speaking impersonally.About history.Bick: You all think that the glory happened in the East, don""t ya? With Valley Forge and Bunker Hill!.