" Salieri demanded o know why God would give this foolish little man genius, and the answer to his question rested at the heart of the film - innate questions of fate and fairness.As they raced toward the pyramid, the pygmies continued their relentless pursuit of Rick and his family across a fallen log bridging a large ravine - he used a stick of dynamite to explode the log into two pieces and send the pygmies to their deaths below.Finally, he walks over to the entrance of the bank and threatens the wounded bank robber (Albert Popwell) who is reaching for his shotgun on the sidewalk.The film was also condemned by the National League of Decency for its "sordid story" and its "morally dangerous" subject matter.After she was clothed, Mathayus told her he was hired to assassinate her, but was in position where she was more use to him alive (as hostage-bait to get at Memnon), adding: "Don""t make me change my mind.