Cody""s mother, behaving like a little old lady, answers all the questions (as Verna sniffles into her handkerchief) and even recommends the drive-in movie they all watched:Task Force.Desperate to get one of the cars to stop, she strategically positions herself in the middle of the road, by standing and holding her arms out in a V [or crucifixion pose] as a two-seated, Jaguar sports car/convertible approaches and blinds her in its high-beamed headlights.Roger""s skeptical mother doesn""t believe his story either, and advises her angry son that he is beaten: "Pay the two dollars!" (As they drive away, one of the thugs pretends to be a gardener pruning bushes in the front of the manse.[Lancaster was one of the first film actors to become an independent film producer.] Homage was given o this film by one of the characters in Barry Levinson""sDiner (1982), who quotes liberally from the rich dialogue.The next year, Travolta co-starred with Australian singer Olivia Newton-John in Randal Kleiser""s popular, spirited, nostalgic 50s filmGrease (1978)with smutty dialogue - it was a former 1972 hit Broadway musical that brought two big hit songs: "Summer Nights" and "You""re The One That I Want", to the charts.