She described their mission, in Klingon: "There is a criminal hiding in these ruins.He has killed many of our people." As the Klingon Patrol Commander prepared to kill Uhura with an unsheathed blade, a mysterious hooded figure appeared with a rapid-fire phaser and cannon, shooting blasts at the Klingons.The film was also one of director George Stevens"" earliest films, his eighth feature film (immediately after directing Katharine Hepburn inAlice Adams (1935)and Barbara Stanwyck inAnnie Oakley (1935))...prey to passing prowlers, poverty and policemen...with only ten cents in his pocket...John Lloyd Sullivan, the Calef of Comedy departed Hollywood at four o""clock this morning."In a classic farcical, slapstick, briskly sped-up, cross-country chase scene, after he is picked up by a thirteen-year-old hot-rodder (Robert Winkler) who is wearing a crash helmet and is "studyin"" o be a whippet tanker.It reminds viewers that the days of abundant natural resources (and life-giving water that turns a forbidden wilderness into a plentiful garden) are past - the land has become barren due to the selfish manipulations of rich and powerful businessmen.Philip had a choice - should he remain in London and make plans to marry Sally who was in love with him, or accept the cruise job and sail away?In the film""s last few moments, Mildred was found close to death (the attending medical personnel commented: "Well, this is what you might call the irony of fate"), and she was aken to a hospital charity ward, where Philip soon learned of her death (from TB or syphilis?).