Although double-crossing Luthor claimed to Superman that he was in on the plot: "I was with you all the time," and tried to bargain for his release: "I promise to turn over a whole new leaf," Superman wouldn""t listen, and left Luthor standing there.g., returning war veterans inThe Best Years of Our Lives (1946),anti-Semitic prejudice inGentleman""s Agreement (1947),treatment of the mentally-ill inThe Snake Pit (1948),and political demagogues inAll The King""s Men (1949).]During the projection of the film in the theater, he Boy/Projectionist tired, dozed off and fell asleep in the projection room - he would experience a wish-fulfillment dream offering solutions o the mystery while imagining himself as a heroic and accomplished sleuth.It was ruled as morally offensive and "unfit entertainment for motion picture audiences."Plot SynopsisThe film began with a scrolling warning title card:This is the story of evil.Evil is headstrong - is puffed up.For our soul""s sake, it is salutory for us to view it in all its ugly nakedness once in a while.Thus may we know how hose who deliver themselves over to it end up like the Scorpion, in a mad frenzy stinging themselves to eternal death.