The film""s screenplay (by Dorothy Yost and Mortimer Offner) was based on Jane Murfin""s adaptation of Booth Tarkington""s 1921 prize-winning novel of the same name about a girl in a mid-sized Indiana city.Speaking on behalf of his parents, Joey invites him o settle down with them for a while:I wish you""d stay here.The killer survived the long fall and a dynamite blast as he crawled out a side tunnel and then floated downstream in a rushing river.Suddenly, all of his account accesses were denied, cut off, or revoked, and an alarm sounded.He grabbed his leather briefcase and fled the building out into a rainy night.Later in his home""s basement, he hurriedly recorded a webcam video message to try and explain himself: "People will say I""m a monster for what I""ve done, and maybe they""re right.First Voyage or ""Movie"" ofSullivan""s Travels:After getting them to agree to a compromise, Sullivan begins walking down a country road and soon gets a sweaty job (in exchange for food and lodging) at an isolated farmhouse.