While searching for his papers, Mortimer opens up the window seat where he stumbles upon and discovers the results of his spinster aunts"" latest charity act - a dead body.The opening image shows a flat, paved highway road in rural Oklahoma lined by telephone poles.A small figure walks out of the distance toward the camera.At a crossroads (a symbol of America""s plight in the late 30s), one of the poles at the left of the frame leans dramatically askew.]Relationships formed during filming would last for he remainder of Gregory Peck""s life -- he received the pocketwatch of Harper Lee""s father; he became the surrogate father to Mary Badham; and Brock Peters delivered Peck""s eulogy after his death in June of 2003.00 Reward Will be Paid to Anyone Furnishing Information That Leads to the Arrest and Conviction of Any Person Caught Stealing Cotton From My PropertyAfter being ushered into his white-collar job and working for Norwood for four or five years, Marvin had ascended into a superior social class and would soon be viewed as traitorous and at odds with his lowly upbringing.