Kirby claimed he was from Kirby Enterprises and had a "proposition" - he would lavishly fund Grant""s research ("What""s it gonna take?") in exchange for Grant""s reluctant participation ("No force on Earth or heaven could get me on that island").Gittes: I get by.Escobar: Well, sometimes it takes a while for a man to find himself.Maybe you have.Loach: Yeah, goin"" through other people""s dirty linen.Gittes: Yeah.Tell me.You still puttin"" Chinamen in jail for spittin"" in the laundry?Escobar: You""re a little behind the times, Jake.It was also Cagney""ssoleOscar-winning performance in his career.The film lost the Best Picture Oscar to the similarly-patriotic (albeit British)Mrs.Miniver.Similar to George M.Cohan""s own family that acted ogether as "The Four Cohans," Cagney""s real-life sister Jeanne acted in the film as his younger sister Josie Cohan and his brother William was associate producer (in an independent company).It""s true there were dark storm clouds: heavy, black, and pendulous, toward which hey were driving.It""s true, also, that the spare tire they were carrying was badly in need of some air.But they being normal kids on a night out - well, they were not going to let a storm spoil he events of their evening.