 As the camera retreats the lights dim and, in the "misterioso" passage which follows, Astaire mimes a series of stances, ranging from overt friendliness, wariness, surprise to watchful readiness and jaunty confidence.Jimmy Cagney attended the shooting of this scene and advised Astaire, who claims to have ad-libbed much of this section.The chorus then returns in a threatening posture, and Astaire proceeds to dispatch them all, using an inventive series of actions miming the cane's use as a gun, a submachine gun, a rifle and, finally, a bow and arrow.