In the back office, Harold, in classic befuddlement, fusses around while putting on his white coat and hat.The black-and-white visuals emphasize the seedy atmosphere and the moral decadence, decay, and nightmarish dirtiness of the scene.They pass by and overhear a scruffy, experienced, eccentric, oothless old gold prospector named Howard (Walter Huston, the director""s father) who has gathered an enthralled audience while describing he adventurous hunt for gold:Howard: Gold in Mexico? Why sure there is.One of thefilm""s posters declared: "It""s he hilarious answer to who wears the pants." Another showed he legal couple smiling, although their backs were toward each other and their arms were crossed.