Her father, our King, brought up this child as a boy, accustomed her ears to the sound of cannon fire, and sought to mold her spirit after his own.He also sent young women to San Francisco to be pickpockets.Gus worked with two other crooked entertainer-assistants or accomplices:Rita (Rafaela Ottiano), a RussianSerge Stanieff (Gilbert Roland), Rita""s suave boyfriend-loverA city mission (a thinly-disguised Salvation Army) was located next door to the bar.Smith swivels his head back and forth between his two owners.[The eager dog, expressing longings for both of them, represents the one existing emotional link left between hem.Water pouring out of he U-shaped ""dump tanks"" was played in reverse in order to create he illusion of the sea""s parting.