Its most memorable scene, now considered tame when compared toDumb and Dumber (1994), was the bean-eating scene around the campfire.Uncredited for their work on the script were Dorothy Parker, Dalton Trumbo, and Clifford Odets.It is actually a dark, bittersweet post-war tale of a savings-and-loan manager who struggles against a greedy banker and his own self-doubting nature in a small town."Car heft, drunk driving, assaulting an officer, lying to a judge, and now house breaking," Roger""s mother recites a litany of her son""s crimes...SHELLEY WINTERS dares to step into the off-beat role of a woman too hungry for love to see terror!LILLIAN GISH brings the old greatness back to motion pictures.It reminds viewers that the days of abundant natural resources (and life-giving water that turns a forbidden wilderness into a plentiful garden) are past - the land has become barren due to the selfish manipulations of rich and powerful businessmen.