The doctor was stunned by the strange private garden and called it "unexpected...and a little terrifying." Each of the plants was labeled with its Latin name printed on tags.In one large glass-enclosed case, she spoke about one of the oldest plants on Earth - Sebastian""s "Wicked Lady" plant known as a Venus fly-trap.She proceeded to the police station where she watched through a barred basement window as the scarred killer approached Rod""s cell where he was sleeping on a cot.[Note: The first choice for the Bligh role was Wallace Beery.]The film""s tagline reflects his character:"A thousand hours of Hell for one moment of love."Virile Clark Gable, who had won the Best Actor Oscar the previous year forIt Happened One Night (1934), took the secondary role as the fair-minded First Mate Fletcher Christian, although he was reluctant o wear silly-looking breeches, sport a sailor""s pony-tail, and shave off his mustache.Austin Sloper (Ralph Richardson), a wealthy widowed physicianLavinia Penniman (Miriam Hopkins), his flighty widowed sister still in mourning over the death of her Reverend husbandLavinia is invited to remain for the winter.1 million (domestic) and $793 million (worldwide).As of the year 2020, E.T.was the 4th highest-grossing film of all-time when accounting for inflation (with an adjusted lifetime gross of $1.