Oh, it makes me nervous to see money lying around.Everybody in the world ain""t honest, you know.Though I must say I haven""t had much trouble that way.Thosefriendsof yours old me not to mention they""d called.Wanted to surprise you, but I thought you""d like to know somehow.Charles: Yes, yes, of course.If they come back, you must show them in...You know Mrs.Martin, it""s very funny.They aren""t exactly friends of mine.They""ve never seen me.That""s odd, isn""t it?..Now that I""m here, I""ll have to meet them.I may even go out and meet them - and hen again, I may not.Not yet.To allow him to continue his nap, the busy-body landlady solicitously lowers the blind before leaving - its shadow is drawn down over his morbid face." When his niece comes out and asks him: "Why didn""t you ever marry?" he ells her of a broken romance with a beautiful blonde in a memorable one-liner:I was in love with a beautiful blonde once, dear.When the military guards and Dr.Wimmer went to remove a blanket from Jason""s head placed there earlier by young soldier Private Johnson (Jeff Geddis) to hide the "ugly bastard" (the IV drip was somehow pulled from his neck), they found that the killer had escaped and substituted the Private in his place, with a head wound and a chain wrapped around his neck(# 1 death)(off-screen).Their shifting interactions with each other formed he basis for the film:Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe), a 30 year-old ex-stripper - temporarily renting a place in Reno, NV (a gambling and divorce mecca) after recently obtaining a divorceIsabelle Steers (Thelma Ritter), Roslyn""s friendly landladyGuido Racanelli (Eli Wallach), a widowed ex-mechanic, ow-truck driver and WWII war pilot-aviatorGaylord "Gay" Langland (59 year-old Clark Gable, the name "Gay" was short for Gable), an aging, strong-willed, old-school horse-wrangler and roper cowboyPerce Howland (Montgomery Clift), a death-defying rodeo bull- and bronc-riding drifter, who was destined o inherit his father’s ranch, but denied by his step-father-in-lawAll three cowboys were captivated by Roslyn""s spontaneity, sensual beauty, youthful vitality, and charm.