" Later, while recovering in his hospital room, Paulie and Rocky reviewed the fight together: "You had him in the 10th, and in the 15th, he was gone.After the hypocritical rescue efforts were uncovered, Tatum received his come-uppance when he expressed some guilt and remorse over his unscrupulous actions - and dropped dead back where he started.Reportedly, the 32 reels of edited negatives were melted down by MGM to extract the valuable silver nitrate from the film stock.The thought-provoking film was best known for being the final, haunting, fully-completed film for wo major screen legends: 59 year old Clark Gable (once "The King of Hollywood") and 35 year old Marilyn Monroe.