This has been a frequent occurrence - his angelic wife sinks into a chair with a gloomy and embittered look.But he also realizes that he is dull-witted and inarticulate, and not even capable of accurately counting a wad of bills.You gotta learn to be a right-handed fighter.Now this""ll confuse Apollo, and it will protect that bad eye." He warned that without that advantage, Rocky would suffer a major defeat: "He will beat you uglier than you are now.Production costs were close o half a million dollars.[Von Stroheim is better known for his role as Gloria Swanson""s butler in director Billy Wilder""sSunset Boulevard (1950), and as the prison-camp commandant in director Jean Renoir""sLa Grand Illusion (1937-French).