Similarities also exist between the demise of Nails Nathan and the 1923 death of real-life Samuel J."Nails" Morton of the O""Banion mob.The retaliatory horse killing in the film was a replay of a similar incident when organized crime figure Louis "Two-Gun" Alterie (and other North Side gang members) executed the offending horse in Chicago after the death of their friend.Ginny eventually ended up at a run-down, backwoods shack where in an inner room, the same one where Deputy Winslow was murdered, she saw Mrs.Due o Doris"" disillusionment after a bad marriage and divorce from Susan""s father, she had taught Susan to not be fooled by ""make-believe"" myths, illusions or fairy tales.3 million.At the time, the film had the highest-opening weekend of all time, at $248 million.To date (2018), the film remains the highest-grossing (domestic) film of all-time, if unadjusted for inflation.