Gower.On the streets of town, townspeople kid with him about his upcoming trip.With friends Ernie (Frank Faylen), the taxi driver, and Bert (Ward Bond), the cop [It has been hypothesized that their names were derived from the Bert and Ernie characters onSesame Street], he calls himself "a rich tourist" and asks o be driven home in style.The 20th Century Fox extravagant, four-hour version of the same film,Cleopatra (1963)starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, nearly bankrupted the studio.He remarked (thinking he was speaking o Julius): "Nice fight, Julius.Guess I need to work on my left-right-left combo." Jason ground a hot sizzling sauna rock into the boxer""s bare chest(# 4 death).On deck, spiteful Tamara shoved Rennie overboard, falsely claiming it was an accident.While flailing and thrashing about and struggling to stay afloat because she couldn""t swim, Rennie had a vision of the young Jason grabbing her leg and pulling her under.While presenting an ancient artifact (a piece of a weapon, known as an Abronath) that he claimed was a peace gift from the Fibonans, the Teenaxi leader (Shea Wigham), a creature the size of a cat, considered it a threat.