It contained elements from the first few films of the series, and some references to other films in the franchise.The gang members include:"Doc" Erwin Riedenschneider (Sam Jaffe), an ex-con, and the mastermindLouis Ciavelli (Anthony Caruso), a professional safecrackerGus Minissi (James Whitmore), thehunchbacked getaway driverDix Handley (Sterling Hayden), a""hoodlum"" or hooligan thugAlonzo Emmerich (Louis Calhern) -- a white-collar, untrustworthy lawyer -- not a gang member, but the gang""s financierThe members of the gang are not one-dimensional, like he amoral gangsters inThe Public Enemy (1931)orScarface (1932), but proud professional men who have turned to theft...different champs use their bats? You know, some of ""em hold it like this and everything." Then, Humbert, almost sobbing, grills him with a single-minded determination about his seduction of Lolita:Humbert: Do you recall a girl called Dolores Haze?Quilty: I remember the one guy, he didn""t have a hand." She then went on to perform a second show-offy excerpt from theRomeo and Julietbalcony scene, taking the part of love-struck Juliet:Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny hy father and refuse thy name.