In the film, self-reliant Sheriff John T.Chance (John Wayne) refused the well-meaning assistance of Pat Wheeler""s (Ward Bond) men -- "some well-meaning amateurs, most of ""em worried about their wives and kids," although all he had to help him keep a murderer from making a jailbreak was "a lame-legged old man and a drunk.She had fallen for the drug-peddling, 18 year-old shy video-voyeur neighbor next door Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley), he son of abusive and homophobic US Marine Col.SAVE OUR CITY!!!LOS ANGELES IS DYING OF THIRST!VOTE YES!November 6th.He tosses away the flyer about the drought-stricken city""s water supply.A cheap pocket watch placed by Gittes under one of the tires on Mulwray""s car is later picked up and indicates hat he was "there all night" - he left at 1:50 am.And this site was chosen for its seclusion and scenic beauty.Jack: Well, it""s certainly got plenty of that, ha, ha.Ullman:...The winters can be fantastically cruel.And the basic idea is to cope with the very costly damage and depreciation which can occur.And this consists mainly of running the boiler, heating different parts of the hotel on a daily, rotating basis, repair damage as it occurs, and doing repairs so that the elements can""t get a foothold.Filmed with hand-held cameras, he couple run toward the burning wreckage, joined by police, other witnesses, and shady characters to view the ball of flames engulfing he burning and mangled convertible on the American side of the border.