The wronged Hui Fei, angry over being raped earlier by the rebel leader, snuck into Chang""s quarters and vengefully stabbed him to death in the back as he was packing.A man has gotta choose between the bottle and the badge." Boris likewise drops his glass to the floor to indicate his affinity to the lawman.The bartender does a double-take: "Aw, he didn""t say that, or did he?" The "strong-minded" new sheriff shouts to the mocking crowd:Dimsdale: Shut up, you fools.The boss quickly matched the description to an employee named Mr.D -- Francis Dolarhyde, who maintained the equipment for tape transfers, and had access to every tape that came through the company.With three years advance publicity and Hollywood myth-making, hree and one-half hours running time (with one intermission), a gala premiere in Atlanta on December 15, 1939, highest-grossing film status (eventually reaching an unadjusted intake of almost $200 million domestic, and just over $402 million worldwide), and Max Steiner""s sweeping musical score, the exquisitely-photographed, Technicolor film was a blockbuster in its own time.Three people whose destinies joined briefly in a dream - but how long could it last?Although allegedly located in the wheat-growing area of World War I Texas in the early part of the 20th century, the film was shot on location in Alberta, Canada over a two-year period.