The whole afternoon...You cost us thousands of dollars because you can""t read." Later that night in bed next to Adrian, Rocky practiced reading to Adrian - telling her: "Bein"" a good reader""s gonna help me get a good office job." Mr.Temple explained how in earlier times, George had vainly hunted for gold at the legendary nearby small island of Black Caesar Rock - named after a notorious 19th century pirate who at one time allied himself with Blackbeard: "He used to dig for pirate gold right over there.]Incredibly, the disturbing, complex film that was devoid of Oscars was nominated for only one Academy Award - for Gordon McDonell""s Original Story.[Note: The film was inspired by the real-life gangster Arthur "Doc" and his mother Ma Barker, from a suggestion by star Cagney himself to the writers.