One of the film""s posters carried a tagline related to the character""s rebelliousness:"The man...and the motion picture that simply do not conform."With this vivid film, director Stuart Rosenberg made one of the key films of the 1960s, a decade in which protest against established powers was a key theme.One of the poignant film""s posters declared it:"A love story of today""s love and laughter."At the time, it was the longest and most expensive Hollywood film since producer David O.Selznick""s ownGone with the Wind (1939).Producer David O.Selznick""s lavish film was an attempt to outdo his previous classic 1939 epic and Best Picture winner, and it was his first production since his other Best Picture Oscar winnerRebecca (1940).Scriptwriter Sidney Howard wrote the screenplay based upon his 1934 stage adaptation of Sinclair Lewis"" 1929 novel of the same name.The hood double-crossed him - he poisoned Indy""s cocktail drink and then bargained to exchange a life-saving antidote for the diamond.And I know you won""t forget, ""Judge not lest you be judged,"" because I explained hat to you.And then the good Lord went on to say, ""Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep""s clothing, but inwardly, hey are ravening wolves.