Isobel Lennart wrote it. Janet Leigh loved working with Mitchum. The scene where he kisses her by the sink was supposed to be a little kiss but he gave her a full on one. Her reaction was so surprised they kept it in.
A change of pace for Mitchum, not a noir or western. You can imagine him chatting through the scene with the boy in his bedroom before they did it, totally relaxed, so that when they did it, it's almost one single very natural take. Leigh also noticed that while he seemed totally relaxed he was absolutely concentrated. She also said that at the Christmas dinner scene both Bob and Wendell had a hand each on her thigh in an attempt to put her off - now, she didn't seem to mind in telling that story, but really!
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Leigh also told Mitchum biographer Lee Scriver that Howard Hughes had been sex pesting her for months, so she was not at all looking forward to working at his studio. But apart from instructing her to wear a very tight sweater in one scene he thankfully left her - and the film - alone.
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