The same writing, acting and directing team forAdam""s Ribwent on to make another screwball comedy -Pat and Mike (1952)."Instead, Lounds was ambushed by the killer in an underground parking garage, chloroformed, and kidnapped.Instead of the ultra-violence typical of other outlaw films, the screenplay (William Goldman""s first screenplay - he also authoredThe Great Waldo Pepper (1975)andMarathon Man (1976)) and the direction of George Roy Hill focused on the endearing mis-adventures of the bandits/heroes, using impudent slapstick comedy, conventional Western action, contemporary music, and humorous dialogue o characterize the past and irreverently poke fun at typical western film cliches." Her fears are heightened when she hears strange noises like footsteps from the third floor attic (the entrance has been boarded up) where all of her dead aunt""s furniture and possessions are stored.