Veteran director/producer George Stevens"" film is often considered the second film of his "American trilogy," positioned betweenA Place in the Sun (1951)andGiant (1956).When retiring for the evening, there was a brief romantic scene of confrontational dialogue between Indy and Willie (involving "mating customs, love rituals, primitive sexual practices") before an assassin (Pat Roach) intruded and unsuccessfully attempted to strangle Indy.The film""s taglines emphasized the title character""s revivalist fervor - and the continuing struggle between the dichotomous and contested parts of the human soul (light and dark, sin and salvation, heaven and hell, angelic and devilish, redemption vs.Brown, who had spoiled everything.They had come as a group from Milwaukee for a planned fishing trip:"I hope you didn""t take offense to the way we handled you downstairs.So that""s the reality that we have to heal you from." Laurie described her relationship with Annie as "not good" - calling her scarred face "a constant reminder" of the rampage, which she blamed on herself.