Her hand was steady and she was cool, like somebody making funeral arrangements for a murder not yet committed." (A few moments earlier, a man of that description, soon introduced as ""hoodlum"" Dix Handley (Sterling Hayden in his first major starring role), ducked behind a pillar as the car passed.[When the agents didn""t report in as usual, the CIA was notified, and it ordered the FBI to send in hostage rescue teams.In Lab One, Professor Lowe supervised as Rowan""s corpse was thawed and regenerated.When she was awakened, she was shocked o learn that she was in the year 2455, and also worried if the other corpse had been thawed and contained - she was falsely assured it had been.Predicted to win the Best Actress Oscar, Garland was devastated by the loss to Grace Kelly in an lesser role inThe Country Girl.