Toward the film""s conclusion, all the copies of the painting, original and fakes, were missing or stolen.A subtle shift in magnetic output from, say, firing one or more of six dozen torpedoes with an unknown payload could set off a chain reaction which would kill every living thing on this ship.Tony stole the letter from his wife""s handbag when it had become "an obsession" for him.He had also blackmailed her to admit to the affair: "I even wrote her two anonymous notes offering to sell it back.The trio (Spencer, Tracy, and Carlos) were plotting o run away from the shelter in a pre-dawn escape.