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Terese Hayden, a talent scout who had seen Dean in See the Jaguar and had been closely following his work on television, recommended him to Herman Shumlin the director.

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Shumlin was a well-regarded figure who previously had directed Lillian Hellman's Little Foxes on Broadway; he was then casting The Immoralist, a dramatization of Andr? Gide's early autobiographical novel about homosexuality. At their first meeting, Dean arrived at the director's 48th Street office on his motorcycle, wearing hip-length boots, a fringed jacket, and a huge hat.

Shumlin found him "a startling sight," but he was impressed enough by Dean's audition to ask him to read again for the show's authors, Ruth and Augustus Goetz, and the producer, Billy Rose.

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Dean did, and was cast as the blackmailing Arab, Bachir, in the play. Jimmy visited local rug stores to study Middle Eastern accents and, to absorb himself in the role, listened to Arab music with his friend and understudy Bill Gunn who later became a noted playwright.