You""re always squawking about something.If it isn""t the steak, it""s something else.Fields (muttering): I didn""t squawk about the steak, dear.I merely said I didn""t see that old horse that used to be tethered outside here.Waitress (sneering): You""re as funny as a cry for help.(As she approaches the table, he gives her an underhanded compliment.)Fields: You used to be an old Follies girl?Waitress: You know, there""s something awfully big about you." The detective reports on the activities of the department into all possible suspects:We""ve got a dozen men checking identification files, checking on all known extortionists, rooftop prowlers, rifle nuts, peepers.The film""s defining elements included expressionistic, shadowy chiaroscuro lighting, strange camera angles, frequent first-person, descriptive voice-over narration, innovative set design, a convoluted time frame, and numerous flashbacks o frame the narrative.Beasts in the Jungle (1913)andTarzan of the Apes (1918)with Elmo Lincoln as the title character undoubtedly served as further inspiration.