The victim of the deranged psycho-slasher fan remained trapped, weak and fairly passive to the assaults on his life until the final few minutes of the film.When Beale begins the evening news show, he tells his viewers, off from his script, that he has been fired and will commit suicide during his final broadcast a week later.The young boy joined his parents, philanthropist Thomas Wayne (Linus Roache) and Martha Wayne (Sara Stewart) for a ride on an elevated monorail into Gotham City to see a production ofMefistofele- an opera which included dark screeching birds on wires resembling bats.Danny is connected to a view of the hotel""s murderous forces and senses something evil about their family""s future home even before they arrive." He was also introduced o talkative Britisher Mrs.Appleby and a round-faced Latvian diplomat (Edward Conrad) who only grinned and couldn""t communicate.