One of the film's posters carried a tagline related to the character's rebelliousness:"The man...and the motion picture that simply do not conform."With this vivid film, director Stuart Rosenberg made one of the key films of the 1960s, a decade in which protest against established powers was a key theme."With he approach of Humungus' gang, the gates to the refinery were hurriedly reinforced and everyone went to their battle-stations.The sinister, Dr.Fu Manchu-like agent Yen Lo with a long mustache, introducing himself as from the "Pavlov Institute," has also been assigned to watch Shaw - he giggles about the North American profit-making Soviet front led by Zilkov:Profit? Fiscal year? (Tsk, tsk, tsk...but there's so much more to learn."Doc beat Freddy senseless with a baseball bat - but Freddy remained unharmed: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but nothin' will ever kill me.