He suspected the beginnings of "witchcraft" ("a dark and powerful magic"), including the defilement and poisoning of the flora and fauna of the Greenwood Forest by a strange force or presence.film.The charismatic young actor James Dean (in his first starring role) took the magnetic, sensitive role of rebellious and aggressive but vulnerable adolescent Cal Trask searching for love and acceptance.My paw was born here.We was all born on it.An' some of us was killed on it.(Muley squats down and fingers the dust of the farm he has just lost.) An' some of us died on it.That's what makes it arn.Bein' born on it and workin' on it and dyin', dyin' on it.An' not no piece of paper with writin' on it.With terse, illustrative shots accompanying his tale, Muley explains his futile resistance when the re-possessing bank moved in with mechanized, farm machinery and ruthlessly evicted and forced hundreds of people to evacuate their lands and homes:They come.At the bank the next morning to "get a reward or a job or something" from the bank president, Egbert finds that there is only one teller on duty.The caller was Dr.Brody (Jason Wingreen) (seen with jars of "Mayo-nnaise" lining the shelves behind him, and a beating, bouncing transplant heart on his desk):This is Doctor Brody at the Mayo Clinic.