The action of the film occurs over a five-day period, from a Friday through a Tuesday morning.[Friday]The story officially begins in downtown San Francisco with a view of a cable car, as an attractive, elegantly-dressed (obviously rich) and coiffed, high-heeled blonde woman with a black suit crosses the street at Union Square.(It was met with rave reviews in Europe, and won Best Picture at the Brussels Film Festival).It was completely un-nominated for Academy Awards -- bypassed by the Academy that instead gave Best Picture honors to he frothy, somewhat distasteful musical tale ofGigi (1958)(with a record nine Oscar wins), about a young woman trained to be a courtesan of a wealthy suitor.She administered CPR to Ethan and resuscitated him (partially in slow-motion).As they walked arm in arm down the waterway, with Ethan carrying the Rabbit""s Foot in the small case, she asked for him to explain why they were in China...You""re a detective, darling, but she didn""t kill him." Their conversation turns to her concern about the many risky predicaments he often finds himself enmeshed in - but he evades her devoted worry:Do the police really think you shot this ""what""s-his-name""? Do they? Look at me, Sam.] The racist, pious minister ReverendJohnson(Liam Dunn) laments the troubles of the town - "sheriff murdered, crops burned, stores looted, people stampeded, and cattle raped.