Anselm) at the site of the Grail.He called their quest "a race against evil." In Berlin at the book-burning rally attended by Hitler himself, the Jones"" impersonated Nazi officers, recovered the diary from Elsa, and then took the first available flight out of Germany - in a zeppelin.He panics and impulsively fires several shots into it.A policeman, who has been alerted by the gunfire, shoots and kills one of the thieves on the street by the getaway vehicle.A peaceful band or tribe of prehistoric ape-men (Australopithecines) appear, squat and hairy, eating grass.Mundson: He""s a boy.Gilda: Boys have the darndest way of growing up, Ballin.Almost when you""re not looking.Mundson: But I""ll be looking.In the casino lobby before dinner, Johnny mentions that he has seen evidence at the roulette wheel that Mundson is allowing for bribes or winnings ("payoffs") o keep a short-statured blackmailer (Saul Martell, credited as Little Man") quiet - for some unknown reason.[Note: They had also worked ogether inThe Mad Miss Manton (1938).]It was the third (and arguably his best and most expensive work to date) in a series of self-directed scripts (the first two beingThe Great McGinty (1940)andChristmas in July (1940)) from the great romantic comedy director Preston Sturges.