Back at Steele's apartment, he carries out two cups of tea into the living room. He and Laura sip their teas while sitting on the sofa ( Read more... )

At the Top of the Mark, Laura and Steele are slow dancing. Laura is fidgety ( Read more... )

It is a sunny day in LA as Mr. Steele and a tall, young, attractive woman are standing on a tennis court. She is in a tennis outfit and he has loosened his tie, undone his collar button, and rolled up the sleeves on his shirt, as she stands close and gives him some instruction. "And follow through," she says. "Wonderful! You have definate potential ( Read more... )

Laura picks up the phone and dials a number. "My thoughts exactly, Mr. Steele." She puts the phone to her ear. "Mildred, could you get me Arthur Wayne's address? . . . Thank you." She starts to hang up, then puts the phone back to her ear. "I'm sorry, what was that? . . ." She looks at Steele. "I'll tell him." She hangs up and tells Fred, "7753 ( Read more... )

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It's dark when Steele pulls the Vette back in at the DI. He gets out and rushes inside. There, he hears a commotion going on at the crap table, and watches as an excited Laura argues with Mildred. "Mildred! Don't hold me up! Put it back down there!"


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Up in his apartment, Steele, now wearing a blue sweater over his shirt, carries two cups of tea out of the kitchen as Clarissa talks from the bedroom. "I it's silly, but I didn't know what else to do or where to go."


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That night, a somber Rocky is in her dressing room, holding a rose, as Steele watches her from across the room. Pops comes in. "Five minutes, Rocky ( Read more... )

At Laura's loft, a bare-chested Steele sits on the arm of her sofa as she stands behind him, wrapping an Ace bandage around his bruised ribs. She is upset, and he is having trouble breathing ( Read more... )

"Mr. Steele, please. Believe me. I'm not a murderer. I'm just an actor who wants to act." Mildred looks at Steele. "Atomic Man was probably the best and the worst thing that ever happened to me. As a struggling actor, it was great. The money was good, put food on the table, sent a couple of nieces through college. But then ( Read more... )