And he filmed he final fatal confrontation and shoot-out sequence in the sweltering heat of Death Valley under the very harshest conditions.Anyhow, there it is.The people are like mountain peasants everywhere - simple, independent.They work because they must, they smile when they feel like it and they""re no respecters of persons.The men are men - no better, no worse than anywhere else.The women are women.The children, children.Up on the mountain above the palace, we have our Holy Man who sits there day in and day out in all weathers.[A reel is approximately ten to twelve minutes in length.] Although Von Stroheim cut the film down to about 24 reels (a four-hour version), Stroheim""s own director/friend Rex Ingram cut the film further to between 15 and 18 reels (a three-hour version).We""re caught in the middle of something sinister here."Indy and Elsa drove to the castle, and infiltrated as imposter art collectors.They learned that the castle was a secret base for the Nazis, and Indy located his father held as a prisoner.