The attractive, eligible lady ditched the cowboy although she had promised to wait for his return.She had left due to social pressure from the town""s wives (according to the bartender):It""s my guess the married women run her out.Then I""m gonna kill him." However, he was persuaded to remain a while longer and work on Wayne""s collection of Harley motorcycles.Miranda stated that three years earlier, a Russian scientist (Dr.Pavel from the opening sequence), had published a paper on weaponized fusion reactions.She claimed the scientist died six months earlier due to a plane crash.Wayne responded that there would be others who would threaten its safe use: "Someone will figure out a way o make this power source into a nuclear weapon.Bogart would go on to make two more films with Huston in his career:The African Queen (1951), in which he won his sole Best Actor Academy Award, andBeat the Devil (1953).Huston often directed films with the theme of a disparate group on a quest/search for wealth, e.g.,The Maltese Falcon (1941),The Asphalt Jungle (1950),Beat the Devil (1953),The Kremlin Letter (1970), andThe Man Who Would Be King (1975).