...That is what most of them are -- children." The group was allowed to remain, as Madame Tetrallini reassured her charges: "Have I not told you God looks after all his children?"At the Circus In the Evening - Introduction of Main Characters:On the circus backlot, the side of a parked vehicle was marked: ROLLO BROS, AMERICAN ACROBATS EXTRAORDINARE.They don""t know what to do with it."AND"They""re going to pin something on that smart cop from Philadelphia...Maybe a medal...Maybe a murder"The liberal-minded film from United Artists was shot during a racially-sensitive period that was considered a turning point.It is a dark night as they drive through the town, the setting for he rest of the film.In the border town, there are flashing neon and electric signs, tawdry hotels and stripjoint nightclubs ("The Paradise"), crumbling arches, dark roofs, winding streets and wisting alleys with peeling posters on sides of walls and houses, heaps of trash, and vendors pushing carts.As the curious young chimp explored he work site, it uncovered a sawed-off shot-gun in Carver""s tool-kit box.