Soon, it was trees and dark, my brothers, with real country dark.We fillied around for a while with other travellers of the night, playing hogs of the road.Then we headed west, what we were after now was the old surprise visit.That was a real kick and good for laughs and lashings of the old ultra-violence.At an opulent residence welcomingly marked with a lit "HOME" panel sign, the four sneak up toward the door of the ultra-modern home, a monstrosity of futuristic architectural design." Cal was also curious about his mother's past appearance ("What'd she look like? Was she pretty?"), and Adam only dreamily described her hands: "She had the most lovely hands.They are ordered to sing a Negro spiritual by Lyle (Burton Gilliam), the white-chain gang overseer:Now come on boys, where's your spirit? I don't hear no singin'.]The Issue of the Education of Tenant-Farmer's Son Marvin Blake:Marvin Blake (Richard Barthelmess), the son of over-worked, poverty-stricken tenant-farmer father Tom Blake (David Landau) and Lilly (Dorothy Peterson), was interested in bettering himself, rather han following in his father's footsteps as a tenant farmer in the rural town of Jonesville.On he building's roof, he used the two-way CB radio (on a reserved channel) to send out a "May-Day" alert about the terrorist ake-over, and although he was not taken seriously, a black-and-white "drive-by" was ordered.