" In a montage, she began her day""s work:assembled sales materials at the front entrancestripped down to her underwear to use a squeegee o wash glass patio doors leading to the poolscrubbed a kitchen countertopdusted an out-of-date ceiling fan while on a step-ladder, causing her to coughvacuumed the carpeted floor in the orange-painted living roomHer mantra persisted as she applied lipstick to herself, now back in her formal suit, before her first open house clients arrived to preview the home.They blasted the jailers and officers at the entrance to the detention block, and rescued the Princess from her cell.Well, I""m not that terrible.I have a wife and a child and a dog.They""re rather fond of me.Even the dog doesn""t think I""m a monster.Perhaps certain things happened today.Well, as I always say, a command is a lonely job.It isn""t easy to make decisions.Sometimes the captain of a ship needs help.And by help, I mean, uh, constructive loyalty.What I""m trying to say is that, uh, a ship is like a family.We all have our ideas of right and wrong but we have to pitch in for the good of the family.If there was only some way we could help each other.BackgroundCharade(1963) is a classic cat-and-mouse, "Hitchcockian" romantic comedy and enigmatic thriller all in one, from director Stanley Donen - known more for his musicals such asOn the Town (1949),Singin"" in the Rain (1952),It""s Always Fair Weather (1955), andThe Pajama Game (1957).Lydecker belongs to the elite class of high-society critics who inhabit the world of venomous wit and high-brow intellect:I don""t use a pen." Gruber told the two doomed men this time: "No code, no riddle, no fancy little countdown." But Mathias knew the truth about Gruber""s plan - that the containers were filled with scrap metal.He was murdered by Katya (Sam Phillips), Mathias"" former mistress now in league with Gruber.The terrorist""s scheme was only to make people believe that he was blowing up billions of dollars of gold.