It became a major blockbuster at $65.5 million (on a budget of $13.3 million, making it the most expensive film made-to-date), and as of 2022, it was the # 6 film of all-time in terms of gross (domestic) revenue when adjusted by inflation.The film, similar in many ways oHigh Noon (1952), even concludes with the inevitable Western-style final showdown." She hesitates o let him in, suspicious of night callers.But Mr.Alexander acquiesces o the passionate request and permits entry.When she unlatches the door, the gang bursts in to bring a nightmarish form of entertainment - they are wearing bizarre comical masks.In "an historical facsimile" tableaux, President Lincoln signs the proclamation for the First Call for 75,000 volunteers, "to enforce the rule of the coming nation over the individual states.Ultimately, he emotionless and blank-faced protagonist was led to commit two brutal and shocking murders of ultra-oppressive males who seriously intruded into her living quarters and into her life.