The voice of his grandmother Sally Buck (Ruth White) emerges, revealing that she often cared for him as a young boy when his mother was not around and dumped him off.As Ben is coaxed downstairs, the camera pauses on another display - a framed black and white picture of an unhappy or frowning clown hanging on the wall on the stairs landing - a reflection of Ben""s own unhappy role as the featured attraction.Within the cabin of the Pan Am shuttle is a lighted sign: "Caution: Weightless Condition," evidenced by a floating ballpoint pen and arm of its sole passenger, suspended in space like he spacecraft itself.Dietrichson, o renew his car-insurance policy.[The real house, called the ""Death House"" in Cain""s novel, was at 6301 Quebec Street in Hollywood.]During the flashback, it is learned that Mr.Dietrichson is away, so Neff is forced to make his way past the maid Nettie (Betty Farrington) when she assumes he is "selling something.