Before the expected assault, Thorin gave Bilbo a Mithril vest-shirt to wear as a gift, constructed of "silver steel" - he described its protective qualities for warriors: "No blade can pierce it.(Additional dialogue was added to the screenplay by novelist James Hilton and Robert Benchley and over a dozen other uncredited scriptwriters."The two fliers, while both making a play for Bonnie Lee, take her to their place of work for a drink - a flying service owned [for the previous year and a half] by John Vanrider, a Dutchman affectionately named "Dutchy" (Sig Rumann) ("the postmaster and leading banker of Barranca") - the restaurant that he also owns is a combination saloon, general store, hotel, gathering place, and airlines headquarters for Barranca Airways.Rachel appeared on the scene at the Narrows to give Gordon the antidote.She watched as Ra""s (wearing a gas mask) activated the microwave emitter in the street, producing an explosion of pressurized steam in the area and incapacitating everyone.