A hearing was held by various government officials, including Justice Department representative Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta), during which Starling admitted: "This raid was an ugly mess," but she had a regrettable choice to either die or shoot a woman carrying a child.To add realism, it was filmed over 36 days on-location in Hoboken, New Jersey (in the cargo holds of ships, workers"" slum dwellings, the bars, the littered alleys, and on the rooftops).Plot SynopsisThe film commences on a white background, as dark black, silhouetted bird-shapes rush through and destroy the robin""s egg-blue credits as they appear, accompanied by upsetting noises of screeching flapping sounds and bird cries.[Note: In fact, for all of Stewart""s Universal western films (includingBend of the River (1952), andThe Far Country (1954)), Stewart ook no salary in exchange for a large cut of the profits -- a very lucrative deal.