They lured the beast into the foundry mold, using a bait-and-chase strategy, where they drowned it with hot lead - when it was rapidly cooled from water sprayed by a fire sprinkler, it shattered.So they become a black sheriff, a racist own, a sex-obsessed Governor, and so forth.In addition, there are other anachronistic elements - Hedley Lamarr (a misnaming of actress Hedy Lamarr), hints of the seductive character Frenchy (played by Marlene Dietrich) inDestry Rides Again (1939), a medieval executioner, a Cole Porter song, redneck bigotry of all flavors, and a ""film-within-a-film"" concept, exemplified by Lamarr exclaiming: "Drive me off this picture.]Directed on location (on the Ruiki in the then Belgian Congo and the British protectorate of Uganda) by John Huston (it was his ninth feature film and fifth film with Bogart), the film was nominated for four Academy Awards - Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn), Best Screenplay (James Agee and John Huston), Best Director, and Best Actor (Humphrey Bogart)."When Kit returns to his place of work, he is abruptly notified that he""s been fired by his boss (Howard Ragsdale).