Connor""s field-test of a squirming hydrobot at the base confirmed that they could control the signal - and the machines.Although she didn""t understand, he told her that the Dragon was back and wanted to kill her, but that he had tried to save her.Director John Huston""s third feature film, is a combination adventure story and Western shot almost entirely on location (one of the first).They are relentlessly being stalked by bounty hunters, one of whom is Pike""s former friend Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan), who would rather side with the outlaws if it weren""t for the threat of being sent back to Yuma Prison.