]The film, with a production cost of more than $2 million (about four times more than an average live-action picture), initially failed at the box-office (partially due to the expensive installation of "Fantasound" sound reproduction equipment in theatres), but then its popularity increased and its cult status was assured when the members of the 60""s drug culture adopted it as a favorite hallucinatory experience when it was re-released (alongside other counter-cultural, head-tripping favorites, including2001: A Space Odyssey (1968),Easy Rider (1969), and the re-releasedAlice in Wonderland (1951)in 1974).The pirates surprise-attacked theDauntlessand conniving Captain Jack became temporarily ""undead"" when he stole a coin.The film succeeded by mixing veteran stars (George Brent, Warner Baxter and Bebe Daniels) with virtual new-comers (Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler), and exotic chorus girls in abundance.With a one-way ticket out of town to San Francisco on a train, Clara overheard that "Doc" was distraught over breaking up with her, so she exited the train and went looking for him.It""s not the first time he""s had such ideas.He""s asked me to tell you about the place and the people.It""s not a comfortable spot, and it""s at the back of beyond.First you have to get to Darjeeling, and then I have to find you ponies and porters to take you into he hills.