Many felt that Heston""s performance was inferior to other nominees in the Best Actor category: Jack Lemmon inSome Like It Hotor Laurence Harvey inRoom at the Top, and James Stewart inAnatomy of a Murder.]:Gittes: I don""t want to drop it.I""d better talk o your husband about this.Mrs.Mulwray: Why? What on earth for? Hollis seems to think you""re aninnocentman.Gittes: Well, I""ve been accused of a lot of things before, Mrs.Mulwray, but never that.Look.Somebody""s gone to a lot of trouble here and lawsuit or no lawsuit, I intend to find out.I""m not supposed to be the one who""s caught with his pants down.So unless it""s a problem, I""d like to talk to your husband.Mrs.Mulwray: Why should it be a problem?Gittes: May I speak frankly, Mrs.Mulwray?Mrs.Mulwray: Only if you can, Mr.Gittes.Gittes: Well, that little girlfriend.She was pretty in a cheap sort of a way, of course.She""s disappeared.Maybe they disappeared together.Mrs.Mulwray: Suppose they did.How does that affect you?Gittes: It""s nothing personal, Mrs.Mulwray.Mrs.Mulwray: It""sverypersonal.It couldn""t bemorepersonal.Is this a business or an obsession with you?[Gittes is led on his quest, now by thesecondMrs.Mulwray.] She sends Gittes to look for Hollis at Oak Pass or Stone Canyon Reservoirs, where he frequently wanders during his lunchtimes.The frenetic but chivalrous Max greeted her with a very leering: "Darling!" She responded with her name: "Hold me, touch me.George Eastman.George: Who says that?Alice: Oh, everybody.Everybody knows they put you in with us to learn the business.George: I wouldn""t be too sure of that.She believes he was put in the lowly assembly area o learn the business and make his way up the management chain up o the front office."Max told her: "We can""t play today," and ried to steer her to the door and usher her out into the hallway.