A mentally ill veteran from a hospital who believes World War II is still ongoing. Manipulated by Benny into escaping and attempting to burn down the department store, which Sherman mistakenly believes is a Nazi military headquarters, driving the film's central chaotic conflict.
Painter and Sherman follow independent paths that converge during the crisis.
Benny recruits Sherman as the physical instrument for his arson fraud.
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