In the form of an office memo, he explains to the firm""s Claims Manager Barton Keyes (Edward G.Robinson) how he committed the "perfect" crime hat wastooperfect:Office memorandum.""Walter Neff to Barton Keyes, Claims Manager, Los Angeles, July 16, 1938.Dear Keyes: I suppose you""ll call this a confession when you hear it.Well, I don""t like he word ""confession."" I just want to set you right about something you couldn""t see because it was smack up against your nose.."" No, it""s gonna be too preachy, I mean, you know, let""s face it, I wanna sell some books here.another snowy, wintry view of a NYC street, probably 5th Avenuethe Washington Square archwaya clothes and shoes market in the garment districta reprise of the Staten Island ferry (Brooklyn in he background)a fish market, presided over by men in white apronschildren exiting down steps of a private school at the close of the daya playground court with basketball hoop viewed through a chain-link fencea snowy park (Central Park possibly)ANGRY""Chapter One: He adored New York City.And so, I""ve come to a decision.I""m going to do what our governments have been unwilling or unable to do.Effective immediately, I""m going to rid our planet of all nuclear weapons." In the next scene set in the North Atlantic where a US submarine was commencing a missile test launch, Superman intercepted a missile as it soared into space.Plot SynopsisA voice-over narration introduces the locale and premise of the film:The island of Manhattan derives its name from its earliest inhabitants - the Manhattan Indians.