Eichelberger (David White) - another superior in a larger office in the Mortgage and Loan Department - is already "pencilled in.In the vestibule, Sidney glares at Dallas with stark antagonism, since Steve is the object of Sidney""s failed favor for Hunsecker.Otis) in a compartment - veiled and unseen behind a black curtain.He is supposedly "very sick" and "a little weak." In another compartment nearby, an elderly couple are playing cards with a man whose back is o the camera [Hitchcock in his customary cameo appearance] - the wife (Sarah Edwards) suggests that her doctor husband (Vaughan Glaser) could help the "poor soul" behind the curtain who is concealed and "won""t see anyone.[Its tone resembled previous boxing genre films, includingGolden Boy (1939),Body and Soul (1947),Champion (1949), andThe Set-Up (1949).