The film""s morality tale of corruption ends with its ultimate defeat and the saving of the community by a morally-redeemed martyr (a common man with a conscience).g., returning war veterans inThe Best Years of Our Lives (1946),anti-Semitic prejudice inGentleman""s Agreement (1947),treatment of the mentally-ill inThe Snake Pit (1948),and political demagogues inAll The King""s Men (1949)." The Commissioner unveiled a Bat-Signal that was to be used to summon Batman.The closing shot was of Batman silhouetted on a rooftop against the Gotham skyline, watching the Bat-Signal projected and shining in the distance."He demonstrated how insincere and dishonest he was when he used the same pick-up line ("You have a terrific face") on part-time actress Linda (Christine Ebersole) whom he had seen in ""Dames at Sea"": "Good work, really.