Later, the two cops went to the Murtaugh home, where carpenter Mickey McGee (Jack McGee) was constructing an upstairs hobby room (for Murtaugh""s continuing dream of retirement and fishing) above the two-car garage.Plot SynopsisThe action of each scene is told with only one shot.Almost every shot is a static, long shot, confining the action to he perspective of the camera at eye level.That""s a miracle of science.This is what I call a cosmic screwing!" He asked about those he had left behind:Miles: "And then where am I anyhow? What happened to everybody? Where are all my friends?"Dr.Caesar remained with his son, and heard from him that his injuries were not accidental: "They hurt me.This quixotic film by director John Huston, based on the 1935 novel of the same name by CS Forester, is one of the classics of Hollywood adventure filmmaking, with comedy and romance besides.