Suddenly, Kincaid""s dog Jason lept through the furnace opening and grabbed Kristen""s arm - and then all three individuals woke up in their respective bedrooms.) Independent producer Stanley Kramer and director Edward Dmytryk (one of the original blacklisted "Hollywood Ten" and director ofMurder, My Sweet (1944)andCrossfire (1947)) had earlier collaborated on the melodramatic thrillerThe Sniper (1952), the dramatic combat filmEight Iron Men (1952), andThe Juggler (1953)with Kirk Douglas, but this fourth film was their most-acclaimed and successful work.The phone lines were cut, and he suspected something was amiss.On his rounds throughout the school, Will checked on Molly and Sarah (watchingScream 2 (1997)on TV as Cici (Sarah Michelle Gellar) was told on the phone: "Do you want to die tonight, Cici?"), and then joined Miss Tate for company in her home, to carve a jack-o-lantern together.The town""s weak-willed police chief Harry Bleeker (Robert Keith) is overwhelmed by the disturbance and ineffective at stopping the escalating rowdiness ("It was an accident, I saw it").