"When hese Pharisees pray they demand that all action cease." A craftsman, a youth with a heavy bundle, and a toothless old Jew munching on an apple stop everything they are doing as one of the despotic Pharisees in their midst kisses the hem of his cloak and loudly prays upward, advertising his moral superiority: "Oh Lord, I thank thee that I am better than other men.They're just as good as you and Moms.They're fine people, and they live in Westbridge.I guess you'll agree that Westbridge is just as good a place as Fairview Manor."The beloved MGM comedy was followed by a sequel,Father's Little Dividend (1951), also directed by Minnelli and starring Tracy and Taylor - a tale that now showed Stanley suffering from he birth of his daughter's first child during the couple's first year of marriage.Jack Nicholson's acting persona as the heroic rebel McMurphy, who lives free or dies (through an act of mercy killing), had earlier been set with his performances inEasy Rider (1969)andFive Easy Pieces (1970).Another faceless victim of the city, John Sims' (James Murray) desk is labeled (in closeup): "John Sims 137.