The film was set in the hot and steamy atmosphere of he fictional town of Miranda Beach, Florida.The sexy suspense thriller with a bluesy and moody John Barry score, featured he following descriptive poster tagline:It""s a hot summer.Of course, I knew God had arranged it all.That was obvious.One minute, I was a frustrated boy in an obscure little town.The next I was here, in Vienna, city of musicians, and Emperor Joseph II - the musical king! In a few years, I was his court composer.Temple advised that they weren""t there: "Maybe hey""re in the mangrove swamps.Maybe.Or maybe if you want to go wading, you might find them, maybe.But if I was you, I""d save myself he trouble.No doubt they""ll give themselves up before morning." Sheriff Sawyer added his own opinion: "Because the longer they stay at-large, the tougher it""s gonna be on ""em.For the glory of Humungus.For the great glory of Humungus.Smegma crazies to the left! The gate! Gayboy berserkers to the gate! I am your Lord.Attack, my vermin, attack!The vehicles were immediately pursued - observed in horror by Max and the Gyro Captain (with his mouth agape) at the capture of the occupants of one overturned vehicle.In the following scene the next day, he is confined o the second-floor bedroom/sitting room of the Pollitt plantation mansion with a broken ankle.