He had experienced a series of mediocre post-war flops, including RKO""s romantic comedyMagic Town (1947), the musical comedy anthologyOn Our Merry Way (1948)from UA, another romantic comedyYou Gotta Stay Happy (1948)from Universal,and MGM""s melodramatic-adventure filmMalaya (1949).The Rupert Murdoch-like Warfield introduced his corporate-minded daughter Lacy (Mariel Hemingway), who chimed in: "The name of the game is making money.While Tommy was standing under the buzzing Trailer Park neon sign, Junior drove up on his motorcycle, startled him, and asked: "Are you dumb or something?" When Junior assailed Tommy and called him "a crazy from the looney bin," and threatened to chop him up ("My mama""s gonna chop you up into itty-bitty pieces, my friend") - and then threw a wayward punch, Tommy ducked and fought back, using some of his fast kung-fu kicks, punches and moves to subdue Junior.Two thugs attacked them (and knocked Axel unconscious) when they returned drunk to Axel""s place.They demanded the bearer bonds that Mikey had stolen, and then one of the henchmen (revealed later to be Zack (Jonathan Banks)) murdered him with two gunshots to the head.