Gandalf warned of coming war and told the uncooperative Denethor to light the beacons to alert neighboring armies.He says it""s cheeky of hem to have produced a play of his at all.He""s sure it was a, uh, piratical performance.He""s glad that Miss, uh, Miss Lovelace?...He""s glad Miss Lovelace will see that he""s properly recognized when she has her own repertoire theater and hopes she won""t forget him.As Annie was finishing chanting the second incantation to send away the evil deadite demons, she was lethally stabbed in the back by Ash""s severed and possessed hand wielding he bone dagger.Despite the sumptuous, ornate and opulent set design, sharp dialogue and great acting, the dark subject matter during the Depression Era led to a box-office failure (froms its $900K production budget) and lack of critical acclaim (it received no Academy Awards nominations)...it might get somebody killed.Why don""t you let me meet with the son-of-a-bitch?Chief: No, none of that.You""d end up with a real blood-bath.Mayor: I agree with the Chief.We""ll do it this way.As Callahan departs, he is advised by the Mayor to avoid stirring up violence (as he did in the past in an attempted rape case), but Callahan is contemptuous of authority that limits his effectiveness:Mayor: I don""t want any more trouble like you had last year in the Fillmore District.