《《The Man Who Dared (1939)》》Storyline
As the web""s spider scurries off, Dracula ominously comments about the spider""s prey:The spider spinning his web for the unwary fly...maybe (if you""re older), you remember...when suddenly the kissing isn""t a kid""s game anymore, suddenly it""s wide-eyed, scary and dangerous.Another stated: "Alone, unheard, unheeded, a young boy, a young girl, drowning in love."The film""s title is taken from English romantic William Wordsworth""s 1807Ode, Intimations of Immortality from Reflections of Early Childhood, some of which is quoted here:Though nothing can bring back the hourOf splendor in the grass, of glory in the flowerWe will grieve not, but rather findStrength in what remains behind.We""ve had to ration water in the valley and the farmers are desperate.Well, what can we do? The rest of the city needs drinking water.Hinting at political corruption in the department, Gittes refers to a past time when Mulvihill was a dishonest, former Sheriff in Ventura County during Prohibition:When Mulvihill here was Sheriff of Ventura County, he rum-runners landed hundreds of tons of booze on the beach and never lost a drop.She was still grieving over the loss of her ex-boyfriend Cedric Diggory, although recovering with her new love for Harry.