] The four new prisoners included:Gibson (Ralph Waite) ("Alibi"), on charges of manslaughter (two year sentence)Edgar Potter, on charges of resisting arrest (one year sentence)Raymond Pratt (Harry Dean Stanton) ("Tramp"), on charges of breaking and entering and assault (five year sentence)Lucas Jackson, on charges of ""maliciously destroying municipal property while under the influence"" (two year sentence)Luke is there for "maliciously destroyin"" municipal property while under the influence.And I simply didn""t want o burden you with knowing what was inside of them.You saw what his man can do all by himself.Can you imagine what would happen if we woke up the rest of his crew?...He""s playing you, son, don""t you see that? Khan and his crew were condemned to death as war criminals.Plot SynopsisIt is prefaced with historical background:During the Great Gold Rush to Alaska, men in thousands came from all parts of the world.Amen."The third epoch,the French story, is introduced with the turn of the page and another title card - characterized hroughout the film by a background with fleur de lis and a coat of arms:Another period of the past.Newman brought up the fact that Loomis had been accused of "profiteering off the misery of others." Loomis took "great issue" with hat statement, and afterwards expressed how he felt humiliated by the interviewer""s questions.