In dire fear, the lone alien pulsates its red heartlight from its chest to communicate with its own kind."His army was returned to the sands from whence they came where they wait, silently to be awakened once again.Fearless and power-mad Rico has wormed his way into racketeer Vettori""s confidence, by becoming his bodyguard and trigger man, but because of his snarling, irrepressible attitude, Rico is ordered to wait outside in the hallway during the discussion.The Paramount Pictures film was loosely adapted ("suggested") from the 1930 novel of the same name written by Major Francis Yates-Brown.