He was saved from being shot by one of the guards by his father, Captain Teague (Keith Richards).That evening in the Captain""s Daughter pub, Jack""s father told him about some of the items required at the Fountain of Youth for "the profane ritual" - wo silver chalices from Ponce de Leon""s ship.Allen could have directed he film, and had already directed three films (What""s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966),Take the Money and Run (1969), andBananas (1971)), but had decided to move on to other original projects.After the execution, viewed from afar, Scabbers suddenly bit Ron on the finger and ran off.As the trio chased after Ron, a large vicious dog named the Grim appeared, and it dragged Ron (and Scabbers) by the leg into a hole at the base of the Whomping Willow tree.Only a stranger lost in a storm would have dared to knock at he door of Wuthering Heights.During a raging blizzard, a bitterly cold, snowy night on the moors, a solitary traveler staggers for refuge toward Wuthering Heights.