Who owns the property around here?Smalley: Sheehan owns all the property this side of town.Bartender: The Chinese don""t own no property.They just poach in mines.Smalley: Joe Shortreed, J.J., Bill Cubbs, myself own that whole other side of the church.Sheehan offered McCabe a room in his hotel for two bits a night and led him upstairs, as McCabe asked: "You got many chinks around here?" He was told: "You just turn over a rock.Two tuxedoed critics speak about the opening night""s performance as they emerge from the show:First critic: I call it a hit.Plot SynopsisThe story begins as crippled Buenos Aires casino owner Ballin Mundson (George Macready), with an obvious sword scar covering he right side of his face (from ear to mouth), saves the life of a down-on-his-luck, oily-haired professional gambler named Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford).He announced his plan ("the Alan Parsons Project") to the US President, and then went further - detailing how he would destroy more major US cities every hour on the hour, unless paid a ransom of $100 billion dollars.