Gort""s composition was of microscopic insect-like devices (""nano-machines"") or bugs that could swarm around an object and completely disintegrate it.Ensconced in the armored suit in the hallway, Beau accidentally witnesses and overhears the impoverished Lady Patricia secretly selling the precious sapphire to a turban-wearing buyer.Werdegast shrinks back, drops his glass, and throws a knife at the animal with glowing eyes, killing it (off-screen).The time frame of the film""s plot is set over a little more than one twenty-four hour period in status-conscious mid-50""s Los Angeles, and confined to a limited number of locations.