Hoskins,"" he is shocked and mortified to discover their secret - and actually doubts his own sanity:Mortimer: But there""s a body in the window seat!Abby: Yes, dear.Evelyn dared to sacrifice herself inside the collapsing pyramid (with falling rock pyres from the ceiling) to rush to Rick""s aid - defying his order to flee.Many actors were considered for the lead role: James Caan, Sylvester Stallone, Warren Beatty, Nick Nolte, Jon Voight, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, even Olympic star Bruce Jenner.In 1971, fifty years after the film""s original release, Chaplin composed an original orchestral musical score for the reissued film (based on a theme from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky""sSymphony No." Griffith was inspired to make this film after watching the revolutionary Italian silent film epicCabiria (1914)by director Giovanni Pastrone.