But there are plenty of street-level bars in this town.(Scottie refuses an offer of a drink - it""s too early in the day)...I never married.I don""t see much of the old college gang.I""m a retired detective and you""re in the ship-building business.Gavin proposes to hire him as a private detective "as a special favor" to trail his strange, neurotic, potentially suicidal wife, to help protect her from some harm that may come to her from "someone dead.These three energetic, fast-paced song/dance films all featured performers Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, and hree chorus girls or ""golddiggers"" (Lorena Layson, Renee Whitney and Pat Wing).To his surprise, she introduced her newly-wed husband Mort (or "Pinky") Snyke (Robert Nichols).The BBQ was held in a sunny and hot wide-open space near the home.Weakened by the harsh sun, the beautifully luminous but fading Leslie sought shade under one of the few trees on the property, while Jett lingered on the outskirts of the gathering near the black convertible, and Bick tended to the BBQ pit with Luz.He remarked: "It wasn""t always like this.I had a real life once.A job." He worked as a clerk at an S-Mart store (with the slogan, "Shop smart.Shop S-Mart").He and his girlfriend Linda (now played by Bridget Fonda) had driven to the remote small cabin in the mountains.