She is surprised by his weird behavior, appearance and angered by his desire to get rid of his new bride (because he cannot explain what he has learned to her):Mortimer: Oh, Elaine, I""m so sorry but something happened.[As the train entered the tunnel, the NOC list computer transfer failed when the connection was terminated.The dog tags, Pot Watcher""s little inventory...A life for a life." Lecter was ordered to be at kilometer 36 on the road to Trilbardou, at a telephone kiosk at sunrise.Plot SynopsisThe opening is a tongue-in-cheek sequence set at a swanky ski resort at Mont d’ Arbois in Megeve, Switzerland.Laughton""s extensive make-up ook 2 1/2 hours each day to apply.Laughton had also appeared in another Victor Hugo film adaptation,Les Miserables (1935).A Tale of Two Cities (1935), another Hugo-based film adaptation, closely rivaled this 1939 classic.The historical costume adventure-drama (with a love quadrangle of sorts) also contained an element of horror - in the character of the deformed bellringer, although the real ""monster"" in the movie was the manipulative, treacherous, scheming and villainous Chief Justice (Jean Frollo), who was possessed by crazed homicidal urges stemming from unrequited love.