The victim of the deranged psycho-slasher fan remained trapped, weak and fairly passive to the assaults on his life until the final few minutes of the film.On a street-corner, Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello serenaded Austin and Felicity with "I""ll Never Fall in Love Again" while they danced.The film had its U.S.premiere, under the title ofHot Blood, on December 30, 1953.One of the film""s taglines on its posters stated:"Hot feelings hit terrifying heights in a story that really boils over!"[Note: Benedek and Kramer had originally collaborated on the Oscar-nominated film adaptation of Arthur Miller""s critically-acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning playDeath of a Salesman (1951), with Fredric March in the lead role, replacing Lee J." Although he was attracted o Mildred, she was manipulative, repugnant, exploitative, callous, two-timing, shrewish and cruel toward him, for example, she often insulted him and was unpleasant toward him: "For a gentleman of brains, you don""t use ""em!" After their first date, he asked for another date: "May I see you again," and she responded: "I don""t mind" and then coldly and haughtily added: "If you don""t take me out, someone else will," and then promptly dismissed him when he returned her home, leaving him standing outside on the sidewalk.