Scriptwriter Sidney Howard wrote the screenplay based upon his 1934 stage adaptation of Sinclair Lewis"" 1929 novel of the same name.He has an appointment in the bar with two men who have been waiting for an hour at a booth - they have already drunk six beers (the table is littered with six long-neck bottles).Batman was propelled down a waterway and found himself back in his Batcave, where he was grief-stricken about not having saved Andrea." One of the generals, General Munson (Stephen Leeder) felt the entire operation was a disaster: "You just spent half a billion dollars making him indestructible.