John""s blind date, who is a friend of Bert""s girl friend Jane (Estelle Clark), is named Mary (Eleanor Boardman) - she is a plain-dressed, no-makeup, dowdy, gum-chewing stenographer:Jane.Its poster advertised its long pedigree:After five years...the first motion picture from the creators of "The Bridge On The River Kwai." Columbia Pictures presents The Sam Spiegel - David Lean Production of.....The Arabian desert functions as a majestic backdrop and metaphysical land for Lawrence""s exploits.Its two most famous shots and cinematographic images are the mirage shot - to announce he arrival of Sherif Ali, and the jump-cut from the burning match in Lawrence""s fingers to the rising desert sun.But the filming turned out to be a disaster when Rocky couldn""t properly pronounce the words on a cue card ("Smeel mainly" instead of "Smell manly"), and his sub-par reading skills caused his acting to be robotic and unconvincing.[Note: It was 12:35 am, just a little past midnight.]2:30 amTwo individuals were introduced in the town""s all-night greasy-spoon diner, the Compton Cafe:Officer Sam Wood (Warren Oates), a uniformed deputy slurping loudly on a tall soda drink as a customer at the counterRalph Henshaw (Anthony James), the sweaty, teenaged waiter-worker entertaining himself by killing flies with a thick rubber bandSam authoritatively demanded that Ralph act subservient, and call him: "Mister Wood" or "Officer Wood" instead of by his first name.