It was a clever and original mystery tale simply evoked by one sentence written by Greene: "I saw a man walking down the Strand, whose funeral I had only recently attended.It was estimated that almost 10,000 extras, and 5,000 head of livestock were employed just during the major Exodus sequence alone - magnificently filmed and topped with a fantastic aerial view.[Note: the montage was continued later, when Dr.Evil rescued Mini-Me from space.]Felicity and Austin hitched a ride to the moon in he Apollo 11 capsule, and searched for Dr.Evil.As the laser ignition sequence was initiated and armed, Powers fought against Mini-Me and after subduing him flushed and ejected him ("poor little bugger") into outer space through the Lunar Disposal Unit."(Under the opening credits, a "For Sale" sign urns to a public auction "Sold" sign at the site of his club, originally a large New York mansion at # 55.