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Voila!"Juxtaposed with these lines is the first view of Charlotte""s nubile, young, sultry welve-year-old daughter, Dolores ""Lolita"" Haze (Sue Lyon) languidly sunbathing on a blanket on the lawn.She had gone to the icebox for a bit of supper.He thought she was a burglar, he said.He shot her five times in the head.Elsa: He had a good lawyer.Michael: I saw his picture in the newspaper.Bainbridge or something.Elsa: Bannister.Michael: Yeah, Arthur Bannister.It said he""s the world""s greatest criminal lawyer, in fact, the world""s greatest criminal.Elsa: Some people think he is.To his surprise, she offers the between-jobs sailor, as a form of repayment, a job as a crew member on her sailing vessel o the West Coast that leaves the next day.It was also the first film in which gunshots forced someone to dance (in scene eleven) - an oft-repeated, cliched action in many westerns." ThePostreported: "IT FLIES!", while theNewsheadlined: "LOOK MA - NO WIRES!", theTimes: "BLUE BOMB BUZZES METROPOLIS," and thePlanet: "CAPED WONDER STUNS CITY.The credits are displayed as the viewer is led further inside the book that is prefaced with a dedication:To the memory of those who made us laugh: the motley mountebanks, the clowns, the buffoons, in all times and in all nations, whose efforts have lightened our burden a little, this picture is affectionately dedicated.