Sheriff Brackett was horrified to learn that his daughter Annie (Nancy Loomis) had been one of the three murdered teenagers.He relented from his death wish, but broke down, weeping: "I miss you...I""ll see you later.I""ll see you much later." [He had been married for 11 years before his wife was recently killed in a car accident.] At work, his superiors worried that Riggs was "on the edge," "psychotic," and "suicidal" and shouldn""t be in the field....I knew it was too good to be true.I parked right near the hospital."Miles was also encouraged to smoke by Dr.Orva to calm him down: "Here, you smoke this.And be sure you get the smoke deep down into your lungs...It""s tobacco! It""s one of the healthiest things for your body.Now go ahead." Miles took a puff and then mentioned his long-lost stock portfolio: "You know, I bought Polaroid at seven.The film""s script, written in about two weeks, was loosely based upon Whit Masterson""s (a pseudonym for Wade Miller - aka Robert Wade and William Miller) 1956 pulp novel,Badge of Evil.