" He is asked to question a woman who has contacted the police with a different story.The scene ends with a close-up of his notes on a pad: Lucy Chapman, The Retreat.That dark evening at the local downtown club, The Retreat (lined with photos of pin-up girls), Duncan"s girlfriend Lucy Chapman (Dorothy Green), who calls herself a "B-girl," tells Bannion hat Duncan had no reason to kill himself.It was actually a box-office flop at the time of its release, and only becametheChristmas movie classic in the 1970s due to repeated television showings at Christmas-time when its copyright protection slipped and it fell into the public domain in 1974 and TV stations could air it for free.Glass smashes and Mike threatens Delilah, his whore of he evening: "I"ll brand you like a damn steer, bitch...if you really feel you should do this, then you should do it." The next day (and for days to come), neighbors gathered on the road nearby to watch as "damned fool" Ray plowed under his cornfield and constructed a baseball diamond (with bleachers and floodlights) - a self-destructive non-sensical decision.It is an early morning drink visit - chairs arre still stacked up on the tables.Nat conscientiously encourages his customer to quit drinking: "Why don"t you cut it short?" But Don is in the middle of a massive binge in which every minute is gripped with the temptation to drink, and dawn without access to a drink brings nightmares:I can"t cut it short.