Luchino Visconti""sOssessione (1943, It.)was an unauthorized version of Cain""s work - the first of he three.Another of Cain""s 1941 novels was also made into a popular film noir with Joan Crawford -Mildred Pierce (1945).Don""t you see? It""s not just Kris that""s on trial, it""s everything he stands for.It""s kindness and joy and love and all the other intangibles."The likeable film posed the question: Was the radical Santa Claus character (Kris Kringle) real or just plain delusional and crazy? The Macy""s Santa was compelled to prove himself by enduring a psychological evaluation, corporate competition, and even a court case." Dr.Lewis agreed that this was a "revelation the masses would not take kindly to," and that they were wise to keep it secret." They needed Indy as someone to interpret Oxley for them and lead them to Akator."The skull""s crystal stimulates an undeveloped part of the human brain, opening a psychic channel.Oxley lost control of his mind by staring too long into its eyes.We believe you can get through to him after you have done the same." They forced Indy to stare at the skull, believing that at Akator, "whoever finds them (skulls) will control the greatest natural force the world has ever known.