Fisher joked about it with a sexy wisecrack:A dame with a rod is like a guy with a knitting needle.The dame fled with $40,000 of Sterling""s money.Taking Jeff into his diabolical web, Sterling hired Jeff to catch up with Kathie, agreeing on a deal and then explaining his motive for wanting her back - even after being shot by her:Whit: I just want her back.Spivey: How do you mean that?McMurphy: She likes a rigged game, you know what I mean?The doctor offers his diagnosis of McMurphy""s mental health state: "I don""t see any evidence of mental illness at all.This quixotic film by director John Huston, based on the 1935 novel of the same name by CS Forester, is one of the classics of Hollywood adventure filmmaking, with comedy and romance besides.In August 1939, Coogan and his mother reached a settlement in which he received about half of the remaining funds (totaling $252,000), or $126,000.