Somehow, it was hotter then.Men""s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning.Ladies bathed before noon after heir three o""clock naps.And by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostin""s of sweat and sweet talcum.The day was 24 hours long, but it seemed longer.There was no hurry, for there was nowhere o go and nothin"" to buy...and no money to buy it with.Although Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothin"" to fear but fear itself...That summer, I was six years old.Early one morning, one of the poor farmers from the countryside hit hard by the Depression, Walter Cunningham (Crahan Denton) drives through town in a horse-drawn wagon." He rushed upstairs when interrupted by calls from his young son Peter (Max Charles).He entered his ransacked office where he found Peter standing by his desk.A mini-van sped away to Aunt May (Sally Field) and Uncle Ben""s house.After a short discussion, Richard and his distraught wife Mary (Embeth Davidtz) left their son in he care of his relatives.Lancaster and Sarandon - the main screen couple, lost heir bids for the Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars to another screen couple: Henry Fonda (in his final film performance) and Katharine Hepburn inOn Golden Pond (1981).However, another threat arrived at the restored power plant - a cackling and maniacal Harry appeared as the Green Goblin riding on his Goblin glider.Director Michael Curtiz blended the irresistible story with a great, ough cast of marvelous characters, especially James Cagney and Pat O""Brien as its two stars, along with gritty locales and the street-wise "Dead End" Kids (from their appearance in he 1935 play and the filmDead End (1937)).