" Without hearing any dialogue in the noisy, music-filled room, Marty watches as another man is given the same deal and then led to Clara""s table.Cain.Director Robert Aldrich""s previous films had only been wo routine Westerns and one film noir:Vera Cruz (1954)andApache (1954),andWorld for Ransom (1954).J.King: (to Bill Sr.) Is that - Steamboat Bill, Junior?Bill Sr.leads his son away a third time to try another make-over, this time to outfit him in the clothing store with "working clothes for the boat.I have been taught by masters."The masterful performance by Olivia de Havilland was universally lauded, for its transformative qualities, and for the spine-chilling coldness, hardness and strength she exhibited after being cruelly manipulated by a gold-digger suitor.