Tom was vain.He had to prove to himself that he was still attractive to women.Maybe he did boast to that woman that he was in good health.What else would you expect him to do?Bannion asks how they could afford an expensive second house in Lakeside and insinuates that their second home was probably beyond their humble means on a typical cop""s salary (Bertha: "A wealthy policeman would be a novelty"):There""s a chance that Lucy Chapman might try a little blackmail.The film was also strongly influenced by director George Pal""sConquest of Space (1955), and was similar in some plot elements that were referenced by Kubrick."At Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, the area was again being excavated - a search for the remains of the mummy of High Priest Imhotep.She slams the door to her bedroom, leaving her browbeaten husband with a soaked face next to the tub.1 million (and with box-office revenues between $1.5 and $2 million).The Art Deco-styled Arabian Nights fantasy, the first major visual effects epic in American film-making history, had a lasting influence on other fantasy tales, but it was a box-office failure and underappreciated at the time.