J.Gittes Hired by Suspicious Spouse," and "Chief""s Use of Funds for El Macondo Love Nest Being Investigated.In the first instance of asking for a date in the tearoom, Philip requested: "I say, will you dine with me some time? We""ll go to the theatre?" - Mildred responded: "I don""t mind.The most celebrated segments in the film are a marathon, prolonged erotic kissing scene (that circumvented the ""three-second"" censor""s restrictions), a swooping camera crane shot down to an extreme closeup of the wine-cellar key held in Bergman""s hand (posters for the film always included a key motif), the wine-cellar sequence, and the suspenseful final scene with masterful inter-cutting.He had been was convicted for robbery and went to Sing Sing prison for trying to steal diamonds for her (after being set up by shyster Dan Flynn (David Landau), a rival competitor to Gus Jordan).