Should he ponder it again? No. No, the thought is unnecessary. What proves more important than the genre is the story itself, and Neil finds the points easy to follow along.

Three involved. One who loved the girl (Vera Keyes? Don't remember. Never looked too carefully at the posters.), the other who used her, and the inevitable collision resulting in death on all sides. All sides?

No. The fate of the other guy isn't mentioned, and despite the way the story thickens in Neil's brain, he's quite curious. Indeed, very curious.

"Do you know what happened to the other guy?" he asks slowly.