Conklin spoke to his superior, CIA Deputy Dir.Ward Abbott (Brian Cox), and asked if Operation Treadstone - a top-secret CIA project codename - was involved: "Was this Treadstone?" Conklin explained how he had lost communication with his operative two weeks earlier.Three months after the explosions rocked Gotham City, Special Forces snuck in, posing as relief workers providing assistance to the self-destructing city.In a number of sublots, various attempts were made to save her from the gallows, by King of Beggars"" Clopin (Thomas Mitchell), Esmeralda""s poet-husband Pierre Gringoire (young radio actor Edmond O""Brien in his film debut), King Louis XI, and by Quasimodo himself.Junior asked "white boy" Chris why he wasn""t digging: "That hole ain""t gonna dig itself.Come on, get your dick-skin on that hing! Dig! Ain""t got all day! Dig! Dig!"And then during his work duty while digging (with views of other platoon members eating, sleeping, relaxing, etc.As Hunt removed the explosive piece of "gum" from his pocket, Kittridge told him that he had "bribed, cajoled, and killed" using loyalties on the inside: "You want to shake hands with the devil, that""s fine with me.