As they crawl into the speak-easy on their hands and knees, Wagstaff quips:That""s no way to go into a speak-easy.An Indian version of the film was titledAitbaar (1985).The film was also remade as the R-rated Warner Bros""A Perfect Murder (1998)starring Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow.They traded barbed quips at each other:Maria: Whenever I start to tell a story, you finish it.If I go on a diet, you lose the weight.If I have a cold, you cough.And if we should ever have a baby, I""m not so sure I""d be the mother.Joseph:I""m satisfied o be the father.[Note: Joseph""s line surprisingly passed through the censorship board at the time.]Mr.Dobosh complained that Bronski""s Hitler portrayal and his unbelievable costuming were unsatisfactory, and then told off the make-up man (Armand ""Curly"" Wright) - "It""s not convincing.A yellow sportster roared through a landscape covered with pumping, phallic oil wells.A major architectural structure in town, prominently jutting into the air like an erect protrusion, was emblazoned with a large H (a company logo signifying the "Hadley Oil Company").Whether it was he ""first true"" film noir can be debated.It also inspired two TV films: a 1954 version with Frank Lovejoy, Laraine Day, and Ray Collins, and the ABC-TV 1973 inferior remake for its "Movie of the Week," starring Samantha Eggar, Lee J.