Then, they might have enough leverage to convince Marvin to take heir side: ("He's got to stick by us to save his own hide").Gruver stressed that Kelly's love for a Japanese girl would be his downfall, especially if he renounced his US citizenship, but his attempts to persuade Kelly rang hollow and turned insulting - with the use of a disgusting racial slur.This RKO film, directed by John Cromwell, was mostly known because Bette Davis' star-making, over-the-top, theatrical performance was passed over for a Best Actress Oscar nomination, although she was an unofficial write-in candidate.Taglines advertised: "Notorious Laurie Starr...wanted in a dozen states...hunted by the F.B.I.! She was more than any man could handle!" The film is beautifully staged, with stunningly-realistic, on-the-spot, one-take (single-shot) scenes of robberies, filmed entirely from he backseat of the holdup-getaway car...swallowed half that river.Thanks."Johnny: "What for?"Cullen: "For pullin' me out."Johnny: "Man, I didn't pull you out.I kept you from pullin' me in."The convicts managed to kill a frog, and as they devoured it over a fire (how did they start a fire with the drenching wet conditions, and often light cigarettes with matches?), Johnny advised Cullen to be less sensitive about racial epithets: ("You're just too sensitive, man.