Survivalist skills come to the forefront when civilized standards of decency and logic fail.The film""s taglines were tantalizing:"This is the weekend they didn""t play golf.""Where does the camping trip end...and the nightmare begin...?""Whatdidhappen on the Cahulawassee River?The river is the potent personification of the complex, natural forces that propel men further and further along their paths.Lampert").""Adam"" pulls a lever o release the A-4 trap door, that propels the killer downward to his death.After being saved, Reggie apologizes to ""Adam"":Mrs.Lampert: I""m sorry I thought you were he murderer, but how was I to know he was as big a liar as you are?""Adam"": Is that all the gratitude I get for saving your hide?In the denouement the next morning, "Adam" and Reggie join together and visit the Treasury Department, but he insists that she enter alone into the second floor office."Messala also asks about their previous day""s conversation, and inquires which of his friends are strong opponents of Roman rule.The figure placed his hand into the deadly claw-hand with four razor/talons for fingers - and then slashed through a canvas.Loud-mouthed Norman blurts out his father""s overriding dream to move to California and buy an orange grove and ranch with the inheritance money: "Hey Ma! If Uncle Bean dies, Pop""s gonna buy an orange ranch out in California, ain""t he?" Norman eases that the move would separate his demanding, prim sister Mildred (Jean Rouverol) from her boyfriend, salesman John Durston (Julian Madison).