The uniformed, bossy commander of the ship, Admiral Robertson (Warren Muson), had aspirations not shared by his teenaged, graduating son Sean Robertson (Scott Reeves), about his captaining of the ship.The viewer shares Gittes"" own blind perceptions and circuitous search for the truth.]While sitting down to some iced tea, Gittes confronts Mrs.Mulwray (dressed in riding gear) who is sweaty and flushed after riding bareback.He is determined to convince her that he had nothing o do with the publication of the incriminating photos or stories ("I""m just trying to make a living").Debasing himself in order to mis-appropriate her earnings, he tells her that she will be paid the following Monday.The film was remade asStolen Hours (1963)and as a made-for-TV movie in 1976 with Elizabeth Montgomery.