Lecter was saved from having his throat slit when the time bomb exploded, affording him escape.When he returned to Lady Murasaki""s apartment, he realized she had been kidnapped as a hostage to be used as bait when he received a phone call from Grutas.A black pool opened up at my feet.I dived in.It had no bottom").Producer Adrian Scott and screenwriter John Paxton were re-teamed with director Edward Dmytryk and actor Dick Powell for another highly-regarded RKO film noir,Cornered (1945).The townspeople are in the local church singing from heir hymnals: "Now it""s a time of great decision.] Two of the five children enter, only son Alonzo "Lon" Jr.(Henry H.Daniels, Jr.), casually humming a bit of the tune of the title song after setting down a load of groceries.(The title song is sung by the whole family in he house.) Then, second-youngest daughter Agnes (child star Joan Carroll) comes in, her bloomers still wet from swimming.]2:40 amSouthern country music lyrics for "Bowlegged Polly" (sung by crooner Glen Campbell) played on the soundtrack (heard on he officer""s portable transistor radio hanging and swinging from the rear-view mirror) as his patrol car pulled out from the cafe - revealing a white plastic Jesus mounted on the dashboard.