It was a clever and original mystery tale simply evoked by one sentence written by Greene: "I saw a man walking down the Strand, whose funeral I had only recently attended.His aunt was notified that her chateau was soon to be auctioned when her legal residency was threatened after her husband""s death.In a number of sublots, various attempts were made to save her from the gallows, by King of Beggars"" Clopin (Thomas Mitchell), Esmeralda""s poet-husband Pierre Gringoire (young radio actor Edmond O""Brien in his film debut), King Louis XI, and by Quasimodo himself.George enters his father""s office and listens to the conversation between his father and Potter.The contrast between Bailey and Potter is clear - Potter wears black, sits in a wheelchair, and is a "hard-skulled," villainous, miserly banker demanding immediate payments and whose consuming goal in life is to destroy the Building and Loan.As he jump-ship sucked the hose, gun and panel into its intake, he ship was disabled and wildly veered away.