The film""s preview in December 1958 at a greater LA heatre (The Bay Theatre in Pacific Palisades), when it was paired with the Tennessee Williams Southern dramaSuddenly, Last Summer (1959)about cannibalism and a threatened lobotomy, was a disaster.Although collapsing from loss of blood, Spock explained their discovery that the Abronath artifact had come from Altamid.It was so intelligent.Terry: Oh, thank you very much.I""m afraid that the rest of the inmates didn""t share your enthusiasm.Catherine: Barbarians! They""ve had no training, my dear, no training.Why, when I played inTwelfth Night...Terry: Oh, did you play inTwelfth Night?Catherine: Yes, I - I have a few of my notices here if you""d care o see them.He preaches about the reality of the situation:Isn""t it simple as one, two, three? One.The working conditions are bad.Two.They""re bad because the mob does the hiring.And three.The only way we can break the mob is to stop letting hem get away with murder.He attempts to determine who killed Joey Doyle, asking: "Who killed Joey Doyle?" The reaction to the Father""s question is otal silence - the men either look down, blankly stare away, or look embarrassed.