" Gordon ended the film with this voice-over:"Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.53 B.C.), a Roman general and politician who after Spartacus' death, ruled Rome in the First Triumvirate with his rival Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar; he died during the Battle of CarrhaeMuch of the film was shot in the Los Angeles area in mid-1959, although the massive battle sequence (with 8,000 soldiers from the Spanish infantry standing in for the Roman army) was filmed outside of Madrid, Spain.Singer Dick Powell was cast against type as the down-and-out, tough-talking, cynical PI Philip Marlowe - often making sarcastic, irreverent and disdainful comments about his predicament.Marty saved him by pushing him away, but was hit by a car driven by Lorraine's father Sam Baines (George DiCenzo) - taking George's place! Marty was taken to Lorraine's house to recover, where his teenaged, 16 year-old mother-to-be first nursed him back to health and developed an amorous infatuated crush on him, and continued to make inappropriate sexual advances toward him.Painstaking restoration in the early 80s resulted in a revised, 170-minute version.Plot Synopsis(1) The "Night of Stars" Gala Benefit Event at Hollywood's Shrine Auditorium:The film opens during thefirstof the three Hollywood ceremonies in the film, a gala benefit "Night of Stars," being held at Hollywood's Shrine Auditorium.