"After a chase through her house, he trapped her on her bed - and sexually hreatened her as he had done when she was younger.He can tell you what George Washington said, by heart.AndBoy""s Stuff""s got the swellest stuff in it." To settle the matter between his two choices (Miller or Hill), Hopper flips a coin.When the coin stands on edge and he happens to see an article praising Jeff Smith""s heroics, he decides o appoint Smith - a harmless choice (and hence, easily controllable as a puppet).He became master sleuth Sherlock Jr.and solved the crime of thievery by proving that his rival stole the watch.However, in the real-world version of the story, the Girl was the one who had unearthed the truth and had returned to him at the end of the film to apologize for her false accusation.George: That""s silly.I""m in the same boat as the rest of you.Alice: If you""re an Eastman, you""re not in the same boat with anyone.George: Well, I work along with you, don""t I?Alice: Oh sure.You know, pretty soon they""ll move you up to a better job, and first thing, you know, you""ll find yourself in the front office, and that""s the last I""ll ever see of Mr.The time period of the provocative, sophisticated film is set in the early 50s during the height of right-wing McCarthyism - a time of tense political paranoia with the overriding, reactionary fear that Communists (Russian and Chinese) were scheming to take over the US via advanced brainwashing techniques and programmed terrorist raining.