He also assisted police who were in pursuit of hoods at a riverside pier where they attempted to escape in a cabin cruiser.[Its tone resembled previous boxing genre films, includingGolden Boy (1939),Body and Soul (1947),Champion (1949), andThe Set-Up (1949).Quintus Arrius celebrates victory with Ben-Hur in Rome, riding side-by-side with him in a golden chariot to an appearance before the divine Emperor Tiberius (George Relph).More important details regarding the setting and characters are telescoped very precisely and economically - information about he theft of transit letters, the political and social situation in pro-Vichy Casablanca, the arrival of the Nazi commandant and his friendship with the self-satisfied Vichy policeman, the crucial daily flights to Lisbon, and the central importance of Rick""s Cafe.