" The film""s plot, mostly faithfully adapted by its screenwriters, was about a diabolical, Victorian criminal husband (Charles Boyer playing against type) who systematically and methodically attempts to torment, menace, and drive his bedeviled, fragile wife (Ingrid Bergman) mad.Thranduil: There is no King Under the Mountain, nor will there ever be.None would dare enter Erebor whilst the dragon lives.Orc: You know nothing.Your world will burn.Thranduil: What are you talking about? Speak!Orc: Our time has come again.My master serves the One.Do you understand now, Elfling? Death is upon you.The flames of war are upon you.For his truthfulness, Thranduil angrily and swiftly decapitated the Orc, and then ordered his kingdom to be protected from evil by doubling the border guards, sealing outer doors, and enforcing immigration restrictions.It was only in the mixed-message ending when the freaks took savage and sadistic revenge.Overall, it made most audiences uncomfortable and engendered fright, uneasiness and animosity.In 1947 after WWII, exhibition rights were sold and acquired by second-rate, exploitation filmmaker/distributor Dwain Esper for the next 25 years.There was only one other remaining heir for the job -- and as he gasped and died, the King specified the heir to be his nephew, Arthur.