The idea was to give stage performers work who had been rendered unemployed by the advent of the "talkies.Powers followed Number Two into the men""s room, where a Texan cowboy (uncredited Tom Arnold) and Powers sat in adjoining stalls as they took a dump." He felt that he had achieved immortality, although she had deceived him into believing he was invincible." Although the O""Connells had promised to themselves that they would settle down after the war, they decided to accept the assignment, although under the guise of visiting Evelyn""s brother Jonathan Carnahan (John Hannah), who owned an Egyptian-themed Shanghai nightclub named Imhoteps.