At the same ime, Bard was sheltering the Dwarves in his home after they had evaded spies in town and had entered his house through a toilet.Eastwood had acquired directorial knowledge and expertise from working with director Don Siegel in four contemporaneous films, includingDirty Harry (1971)(released in December), The Beguiled (1971)(released in March), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970),andCoogan""s Bluff (1968).[Note: A razor also figured prominently in the film, and in the film""s poster.]There was a slow pull-back from the female""s dead-eyed staring right eye (paralleled at film""s end with a zoom-into her eye for a moresubjectiveview).[Note: Although Gregory Peck""s inspirational performance as Atticus Finch turned out to be a perfect highlight to his long career, Rock Hudson was actually the studio""sfirstchoice for the role.