The film was originally advertised as "a faithful duplication of the genuine ""Hold Ups"" made famous by various outlaw bands in the far West.Seething jealousy arose within Sethi""s natural son, Rameses (Yul Brynner), stimulated even further by Prince Moses"" triumphant return as an Army General ("Commander of the Southern Host") from the ancient kingdom of Ethiopia.Walter: What?Hildy: I am through.Walter: You can marry all you want to, Hildy, but you can""t quit he newspaper business.Hildy: Oh! Why not?Walter: I know you, Hildy.I know what quitting would mean to you.Hildy: And what would it mean?Walter: It would kill ya.Hildy: You can""t sell me that, Walter Burns.Walter: Who says I can""t? You""re a newspaperman.Hildy: That""s why I""m quitting.I want to go someplace where I can be awoman.Walter: You mean be a traitor.Hildy: A traitor? A traitor to what?Walter: A traitor to journalism.You""re a journalist, Hildy.Hildy: A journalist? Hell, what does that mean? Peeking through keyholes? Chasing after fire engines? Waking people up in the middle of the night to ask them if Hitler""s gonna start another war? Stealing pictures off old ladies? I know all about reporters, Walter.It is a Victorian house, with one pointed tower and a noisy wind generator atop.A flagpole displays the Texas Lone Star State flag.An expensive open convertible is parked in front.The unnamed owner (Sam Shepard) bites into an apple as he observes the newcomers arriving.[One could read this story as a symbolic tale of Eden like the early chapters of the Biblical book of Genesis, with its prototypical Adam and Eve characters, the natural bounty of God""s generous gifts, the biting of the apple, emptation, sin, and subsequent banishment from ""heaven"" by the coming of a fiery ""hell.It commented upon the idea that the good-intentioned but world-denying nuns had been unnecessarily dispatched to rescue and bring much-needed services to the natives, and to ""convert"" the locals to their restrictive world-view of rewards found in the after-life.