Kirk also informed Marcus that he was planning on returning Harrison o Earth to stand trial.Marcus demanded otherwise:I took a tactical risk and I woke that bastard up, believing that his superior intelligence could help us protect ourselves from whatever came at us next...It""s my nerves, Sir.I-I just can""t stand the shelling anymore." Patton was exasperated with the recruit:"Your nerves? Well, hell, you""re just a God-damned coward.But after various screen tests, Lugosi refused the part, and Universal chose Britisher James Whale to direct.This story of a beloved alien creature was the flip-side opposite of a later Spielberg film,War of the Worlds (2005),with destructive alien invaders.Let""s face it, Jake! You""re practically a movie star.Through the barber""s window, a car overheats (water in its pressurized radiator blows out as steam from under the hood) during LA""s hot summer.