The film was remade as a TV movie (directed by Sidney Lumet) in 1958 with Neville Brand, and writer/director Steven Zaillian also remade the film 57 years later, asAll the King""s Men (2006), with mixed reviews.[He is the son of a Joseph and Mary Deeds - an unusual Christ-like reference.] When told the "good news" about his inheritance by duplicitous, crooked lawyer John Cedar, he barely flinches, uninterested and unemotionally affected by the money.The infamous MacGuffin in this Hitchcock film is the identity of the thief.The stylish film""s screenplay, by John Michael Hayes (in his second project with Hitchcock), was based on the novel of he same name by David Dodge.Ullman: Well, obviously, some people can be put off by the idea of staying alone in a place where something like that actually happened.Why, what""s there to be afraid of? And when I get in a tight spot, I shoot my way out of it.Why sure.Shoot first and argue afterwards.You know, this game ain""t for guys that""s soft!Joe admits that there""s money and women, "good imes," and "excitin"" things" in the big town for them, where their fame and fortune lie.