"Sybok also began to doubt his own journey and the imprisoned Entity, who appeared to only seek escape from the Great Barrier; the Entity mocked Sybok""s ego, changing its form to resemble him, and taunted: "What""s the matter? Don""t youlikethis face? I have so many, butthisone suitsyoubest!"; then Sybok confessed his own arrogance to Spock, and sacrificed himself by merging the Entity""s power with himself as a photon torpedo from theEnterpriseexploded in their midst; McCoy and Spock were teleported onto the starshipEnterprise, as Klingon Captain Klaa attacked the ship and also destroyed the Entity.Many of the film""s major stars, including William Holden, Edmond O""Brien, Robert Ryan and Ben Johnson, were veterans of westerns with a more romantic view of the West in the 40s and 50s.Its low-budget sets and cheap, sleazy atmosphere added to the film""s impact.The film""s rich black-and-white cinematography was provided by Tony Gaudio.W.R.Burnett, the author of the novel on which the film""s screenplay (by Francis Faragoh and Robert N.Lee) was based, was also co-scriptwriter ofScarface: The Shame of the Nation (1932).The crime film""s impact at the start of the sound era was remarkable - its box-office popularity spawned many others like it (mostly from the Warner Bros.Lucy comforted young Gael, promising that Aslan would help them locate her mother aken in the mist.Reepicheep reassured Eustace about his fate: "All is not as lost as it seems...You know, extraordinary things only happen to extraordinary people.Maybe it""s a sign that""s you""ve got an extraordinary destiny.Something greater than you could have imagined." The group awoke when Gael alerted them to the sight of the Blue Star in the sky, to guide them to their next destination.