The film was passed over by the Academy for the frothy musical tale ofGigi (1958)(with a record nine Oscar wins, including Best Picture), about a young woman trained to be a courtesan of a wealthy suitor...to the end of the line." Its tagline from a poster declared: "You can""t kiss away a Murder!"The sensational film was unlike many other films of its time - its storyline of a deliberate and brutal crime inspired by adultery and the promise of insurance money was considered innately amoral, objectionable, and distasteful by the censorious Hays Office (a "blueprint for the perfect murder").To warn them, Gandalf rode his white steed Shadowfax (with Pippin) to Minas Tirith, a three days"" ride.In a televised press conference given by a U.S.Cabinet member (with Major Marco seated next to him), a government hall is filled with reporters, technicians, camera equipment and monitors.That means either boiling water or steam." It is hypothesized hat the dead man may have been scalded by the steam engine of the rain involved in the holdup.