[Presumably, he old man alerts Keyes, who arrives later in the film.] The porter notes - significantly - that he hasn't been able to acquire life insurance because of his faulty heart [Neff's heart - and life - have already been lost to thefemme fataleof the tale over life insurance]:They wouldn't ever sell me any.A neighboring, elderly inmate Brooks Hatlen (James Whitmore) inquires: "Are-are you going to eat that?" With everyone expecting hat Brooks will eat the wiggling creature, he instead offers the "nice and ripe" maggot to a baby crow (named Jake) nestled in the inside pocket of his droopy blue sweater - he is its caretaker (in its prison cage) until it matures and flies away to freedom: "Fell out of his nest over by the plate shop.Multiple voices were also used for Thumper (with three voices, including the incredibly charming voice of 6 year-old Peter Behn), Flower (with hree voices including veteran Sterling Holloway), and Faline (two voices).Over a cup of coffee, he admitted that it was part of his manipulative plan to get to know Doris better: "It's part of a deep-dyed plot.