" In the background of the all-male group, MacWade""s crack ace newspaperwoman-reporter, pretty blonde, Louise "Babe" Bennett (Jean Arthur) in a tailored gray suit, is bored but at ease while leaning on a table next to an office glass partition.He flees the scene and runs through scenes of New York, with vengeful images of his pursuit and attack of Ratso - wish-fulfillment for his anger at being taken advantage of once again...He""s not keeping them.He""s eating them." From the victims"" corpses, Graham had noticed how "liver, kidney, tongue, thymus - every single victim lost some body part used in cooking.]The gangster mob boss/crime lord Mike Lagana (Alexander Scourby) [his silk pajamas are monogrammed with ML], resting in his well-furnished, luxurious bedroom, is wakened by one of his gang members, male attendant George Rose (Chris Alcaide) (wearing a white erry-cloth robe) to take the private line phone call from "Tom Duncan""s widow.Sean Regan had handled the first case of blackmail, but now that he is missing "without a word," Marlowe must be employed [as a substitute for Regan - one surrogate son hired to ascertain the whereabouts of another]:Sternwood: You knew him too?Marlowe: Yes, in the old days, when he used to run rum out of Mexico and I was on the other side.