[Note: It was the first (and best) of the filmic versions of the familiar tale.Of the various film versions of the ale,The Bounty (1985), starring Anthony Hopkins as Bligh and Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian, was the most accurate.Arnie Lorch holds a meeting of kingpins at the club.He distrusts Vettori, calling him a "no-good lug," but has respect for underworld crime czar Diamond Pete Montana (Ralph Ince).The film""s producer, David O.Selznick, had originally wanted Vivien Leigh for Ingrid Bergman""s role.Plot SynopsisThe credits are played above a view of the city of Miami, Florida in April 1946, set low on the horizon.You""re all in mortal danger...Armies of Orcs are on the move.These are fighters.They have been bred for war.Our enemy has summoned his full strength....We forced him when he Company of Thorin set out to reclaim their homeland.The Dwarves were never meant to reach Erebor.Azog the Defiler was sent to kill them.His Master seeks control of the Mountain.Not just for the treasure within, but for where it lies, its strategic position.This is the gateway to reclaiming he lands of Angmar in the North.If that fell kingdom should rise again, Rivendell, Lorien, the Shire, even Gondor itself, will fall.Thranduil admired Gandalf""s "loyalty" to he Dwarves, but dismissed his catastrophic warning - and retorted: "You started this, Mithrandir.