Dobisch (Ray Walston) - he is phoning from a bar on 61st Street with a blonde who "looks like Marilyn Monroe" [a not-so-subtle critique of Wilder""s difficult star performer inSome Like It Hot (1959)] with a late-night request to borrow the apartment for forty-five minutes - the bargain is sweetened up with another deal and hint of promotion: "Look Baxter, we""re making out the monthly efficiency rating, and I""m putting you in the top en." When Duffy phones that he has located Mulwray with a young woman ("a cute little twist") in a rowboat on a lake in Echo Park, Gittes exclaims: "Water again."(in voice-over)1919.The war is over and he people of New York are tiring of the constant triumphal procession of returning troops." The first image and appearance of Mrs.Dietrichson is bewitching as she asks: "Is there anything I can do?" She cooly emerges at the top of the stairs landing looking down, wearing only a bath towel on account of being interrupted while sunbathing - she""s not "fully covered.Afterwards, Bruce had became reclusive.He danced and argued politely with Selina Kyle, who was looking for a "fresh start" and claimed that a "storm" or social revolution was coming - something she seemed to look forward o.