Devlin: Just wanted to be friends.Alicia: Friends, yeah.You could frame me, hmm?Devlin: No, I""ve got a job for ya.Alicia: (unsteadily) Oh well, don""t tell me.There""s only, oh, here""s only one job that you coppers would want me for.Well you can forget it Mr....Devlin: Devlin.Alicia: What?Devlin: Devlin.Alicia: I""m no stool-pigeon, Mr.Devlin.Devlin: My department authorized me to engage you to do some work for us.There""s a job in Brazil.Alicia: Oh, go away.The whole thing bores me.Devlin: Some of the German gentry who are paying your father are working in Rio.Ever hear of the I.G.Farben Industries?Alicia: I tell you, I""m not interested.Devlin: Farben has men in South America, planted there before he war.They""re cooperating with the Brazilian government to smoke them out.My chief thinks that the daughter of a, uh...Alicia: A traitor?Devlin: Well, he thinks you might be valuable in the work.They might sell their trust to you.And you could make up a little for your daddy""s peculiarities.Alicia: Why should I?Devlin: Patriotism.Alicia: That word gives me a pain.No thank you.I don""t go for patriotism, nor, or patriots.Devlin: I could dispute that with you.Alicia: Waving the flag with one hand and picking pockets with he other.That""s your patriotism.Well, you can have it.After her initial reluctance, Devlin must contradict her claims to persuade and convince the "hard-boiled" lady o atone for her father""s sins and accept his offer.Brooks (his first directorial effort) was based on the novel of he same name by Larry McMurtry.The film, with three X""s signifying kisses below its itle, was a major Academy Award winner in 1983, with eleven nominations and five Oscars - and Brooks was atripleOscar winner! It won Best Picture, Best Actress (Shirley MacLaine - her first and sole win), Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson), Best Director, and Best Screenplay.) 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.He was suffering from schizophrenic-like, multiple hallucinations of himself.Using the locomotive power of thousands of crabs, theBlack Pearlwas carried to the beachside where Jack was rescued, but the group seemed eternally trapped.Listen, I""ll give a performance tonight that will make you proud of me."Backstage in her dressing room following her brilliant and triumphant debut performance, she was first congratulated by her middle-aged wardrobe woman Nellie Navarre (Helen Ware): "Your performance, my dear, was inspirational.