In one room, a man loses his wallet, and in another room, a man loses his head.Lily: Please! When I came here, it was for a little adventure, a little game which you play tonight and forget tomorrow.Another central character, brilliant State Asylum neuro-surgeon Dr.Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift) was detached and unaffected by the curse that Sebastian brought on others.The two youths turn to entirely different lifestyles and roles and provide a dramatic contrast:Rocky - a swaggering, pugnacious career criminalJerry - a mild-mannered, forceful, sincere and compassionate priestHowever, Rocky pretends to be a coward as he walks o the electric chair at the end of the film, to disillusion the "Dead End" Kids of gangster glamour.The two detectives share the same sparse office [and, behind the scenes, he same woman - Archer""s wife Iva.