Both men (and all the other males in the town) had been symbolically stripped ("undressed") of their masculinity or phallic-strength mounted on their hips.That afternoon, however, in his room at his local Sunset Hotel, Foley discovered "Uncle Dave" Thornton (Alan Young), the much-loved park""s owner, accompanied by worker Janice.Mundson rescues him with his ebony cane and its protruding stiletto dagger.[The revelation of the sexually-powerful cane-dagger is a perverse, compensating Freudian erect phallic substitute - "It is a most faithful, obedient friend.Currently, it can be shown only on the NBC-TV network, and its distribution rights belong to Paramount Pictures.