As they drove there, they had a false scare when followed by two police cruisers with blaring sirens and flashing lights, forcing them to destroy (and digest) the evidence of their joint-smoking and dope possession.An expensively-produced film by David O.Selznick (following his recent success withGone With The Wind (1939)), it was Hitchcock""sfirstAmerican/Hollywood film, although it retained distinctly British characteristics from his earlier murder mysteries.His fantasy of disrobing in the ring presents the film""s recurrent heme of sexual anxiety, fear, and confusion:I remember those cheersThey still ring in my earsAnd for years they""ll remain in my thoughtsCuz one night I took off my robeAnd what""d I doI forgot to wear shorts.She explained the motive for her visit: "Trying to mend my shattered fortune." She had an appointment with the US Customs Inspector, to complain about exorbitant customs duties, now that she had taken to owning six fur coats.[Had the entire film been Laurie""s dream?][Note: In the shorter theatrical version, Michael grabbed Loomis in the shack and began repeatedly slashing his face and stabbing him in the chest(# 19 death).