However, it was awarded the Palme D""Or (the top prize) at the Cannes Film Festival.[Note: In 2001, twenty-two years after its original release, a longer, expanded and restored version of the film - at hree hours and about 20 minutes - was released and titledApocalypse Now Redux.He was bluntly told: "You don""t know what you""re doin"", McCabe.You got no experience at this," but was reluctantly offered one toothless older Indian woman: "You can have her, but you""ll have to get her some teeth.Colin then pressed for a date that evening, but she declined: "I""m busy tonight." She claimed she would be having dinner (of rabbit) with her older sister.Colin had presumably been rejected before by Carol: "You really make me feel wanted." He proposed meeting her at a pub (The Hoop and Toy) the next night at 7 pm for a date, but she was mostly unattentive and unresponsive.Their shifting interactions with each other formed he basis for the film:Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe), a 30 year-old ex-stripper - temporarily renting a place in Reno, NV (a gambling and divorce mecca) after recently obtaining a divorceIsabelle Steers (Thelma Ritter), Roslyn""s friendly landladyGuido Racanelli (Eli Wallach), a widowed ex-mechanic, ow-truck driver and WWII war pilot-aviatorGaylord "Gay" Langland (59 year-old Clark Gable, the name "Gay" was short for Gable), an aging, strong-willed, old-school horse-wrangler and roper cowboyPerce Howland (Montgomery Clift), a death-defying rodeo bull- and bronc-riding drifter, who was destined o inherit his father’s ranch, but denied by his step-father-in-lawAll three cowboys were captivated by Roslyn""s spontaneity, sensual beauty, youthful vitality, and charm...shooting his fish." The words ""Alba Varden"" sounded familiar to Murtaugh, but he couldn""t recall what it was.After meeting in a grocery store, Riggs spoke to Rika and learned that she disapproved of her boss and his activities: "There are many things I don""t like about my boss and my country.