Homicide!Tom finds a slightly mad, apostate, itinerant ex-preacher named Jim Casy (John Carradine) sitting under a willow tree by the side of the road.There are many opposing and conflicting forces being balanced: the individual vs.the power of big business, the populist little people in the peaceful country vs.the chaotic metropolitan city, good vs.evil, and innocent idealism vs.hardened cynicism.A "Cinderella" romance subplot involves a deceitful, hard-edged, and sardonic female newspaper reporter who falls in love with the newly-rich, guileless fortune inheritor while getting an "inside story" and making fun of him in her newspaper.He modified the ship""s "atmospheric composition o human compatibility" - to return Kal-El""s strength.She explains her willful tardiness:I""m terribly sorry to be late.I had trouble with he colt....So sorry, but you know, when a colt gets high-handed, each him his manners right now or ruin him.Ladies react to Julie""s vibrant impulsiveness and tempestuousness: "I declare! Hope I""m broad-minded but I must say!.(However, Ned""s plan was to also make it look like Edmund was killed in the fire).Teddy warned Ned - after realizing that he wasn""t very bright: "Any ime you try a decent crime, you""ve got 50 ways you can f--k up.