But Joe reveals different goals and an alternate path from Rico: "And hen I""d quit Rico.I""d go back to dancin"" like I used to before I met ya.I don""t know.I ain""t made for this sort of thing." Rico is incredulous that his pal would want to forsake everything for his previous career as a dancer: "I don""t want no dancin""...That was free verse, you gashouse palooka!The crowd outside the phone booth has overheard his side of the conversation and believes he has won the argument, but he has been play-acting - his boss is no longer on the line.Ginny screamed and first fled from the masked figure into the lodge""s bathroom, and then into the kitchen where she grabbed a large knife." Tom struggles with her, arguing that it is impossible to get a divorce without money.An adventuress in the world, she counter-argues that she doesn""t need any money.When she hails a taxi, the cabbie (Frank Faylen) recommends Palm Beach over Reno as a divorce and rich husband-hunting destination and haven: "This time of the year, you got the track, you got the ocean, you got palm trees.]The film was the number one box-office success of he year (the highest grossing film) and it won critical acclaim as well - eight Academy Award nominations and seven Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), Best Director, Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Pierre Boulle), Best Cinematography, Best Score, and Best Film Editing.