Ethan appears o be acting outside the law and may be a fugitive from the law:Ethan: Are you askin"" me as a Captain or a preacher, Sam?Clayton: I""m askin"" you as a Ranger of the sovereign state of Texas.]The 74 minute film was a box-office failure, due to the advent of the "talkies" a year before, but its indelible images yet remain.You haven""t got anything to worry about.I""m not gonna let you down because I can""t afford to." During a soliloquy, he obsessed, tyrannical director looks out the office window toward an unseen street, counting on the success of his last show to take care of him through retirement with a respectable income.After a long period of a debilitating pregnancy, she consulted with a long-time friend who died mysteriously, but had sent her a book about witchcraft - with suggestions that their Castevet neighbor Roman was the son of a famous martyred witch (warlock).