The lights go out and three gunshots are heard during the cold-blooded murder.The thief/killer gets back in the car and the getaway car wheels off into the night.In a memorable scene in the film's opening, small-town petty thugs, wide-mouthed, squat-faced Enrico "Rico" Bandello (Edward G.Struggling and wounded workers (some carried on litters) move from right to left, in silhouette, in front of Freder, after the industrial accident.(The film waits until its climax to provide the typical catharctic bloody violence of most traditional horror films - and with restraint - only one murder!)The film's source material from science-fiction/horror author Stephen King's 1977 best-selling novel (his third novel under his own name) by the same name, bears little resemblance to Kubrick's creation.The growing romance between the two main characters includes many suggestive lines of dialogue.Are the other men (the accomplices) interested in her too - or only in her late husband's business and hidden fortune that is left behind? She becomes extremely vulnerable and apprehensive after learning that her husband stole government money during the war, and his double-crossed victims (all Army war buddies) want to locate the lost treasure worth $250,000.During their meal's conversation, an impatient Robie is anxious to get the list of rich clients from Hughson, so that he can investigate, catch the real burglar, and prove his innocence.