Then, their brain would shut down and an individual would enter a comatose state ("permanent sleep").Plot SynopsisThe titles in the film""s credits are etched into sand dunes by blowing desert winds.The film prologue opens with an Arabian proverb:""The love of a man for a woman waxes and wanes like he moon.] Nick is pleased to fill the job: "That""s it.Burnin"" up.I""ll go tell my wife you""re gonna stay." Frank immediately has second thoughts, calls after Nick: "Your wife?", and removes the sign from the pyre, but replaces it in the flames when he sees Cora leaning back in the doorway of the cafe and gazing at him.The third.The third.The one with the erratum on page one-sixteen.Agnes: I""m afraid not.Marlowe: Uh, how about a Chevalier Audubon 1840 - a full set, of course?Agnes: Not at the moment.Marlowe: You do sell books? Hmm?Agnes: What do those look like, grapefruit?Marlowe: Well, from here, they look like books.The film""s awards promotion was subverted by MGM""s support of its suspense thriller and gothic melodramaGaslight (1944).