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Why Do What He Did with Haskell?


Okay, so why go through the whole thing in the first place? Why would the cops think that Al killed Haskell in the first place? There would be no evidence that Al killed him.

Then, of course, everything just goes nuts from there.

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My question is if Vera thinks Al killed Haskell, why do she display absolutely no fear of him? If Al were a real killer, he would have just murdered her on the spot.

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Because he was a dope. He should have just called the cops and told them what happened. But then we wouldn't have this entertaining movie and Ann Savage's savagely mesmerizing performance.

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