I""d just quote a price.But then, a toothbrush is a non-lethal object, isn""t it?Andy: Fair enough.A rock-hammer is about six or seven inches long.Looks like a miniature pick-axe.Red: Pick-axe?Andy: For rocks.Red: Rocks.(Andy flips him a sample rock) Quartz?Andy: (squatting down and inspecting the ground) Quartz.Here""s some mica, shale, limestone.Red: So?Andy: So I""m a rock-hound.At least I was, in my old life.I""d like o be again, on a limited basis.Red: Or maybe you""d like to sink your toy into somebody""s skull.Andy: No, sir.I have no enemies here.Red: No? Wait a while.Word gets around.The Sisters have taken quite a likin"" to you, especially Bogs.(Bogs watches Andy from afar)Andy: I don""t suppose it would help any if I explained to them I""m not homosexual." As he approached he van, Toomes"" cohorts (with Vulture flying in the dark night sky) proceeded to begin their hijacking on a moving 3-truck convoy of Department of Damage Control (DODC) vehicles with confiscated, advanced alien weaponry inside.The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Actress (Celia Johnson), Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay (Noel Coward, David Lean, and Anthony Havelock-Allan), and won the major prize at the first Cannes Film Festival.While reading the script, the real mortician "for comedy relief" arrives with a white baby casket for the dead monkey""s funeral - "It was all done with great dignity.