"The three teens decided to rest in one of the houses (marked by a For Sale sign), which began to transform itself after hey entered.Apparently, it refers in part to the directionless, surrealistic search of the befuddled hero/common man around the country for a fictional character.Stahl, was based on the recently-written novel by best-selling author Ben Ames Williams.After an intense bidding war, studio head Darryl F.Zanuck acquired the film rights in 1944 for an exorbitant price tag of $100,000 for the unpublished work (it was published a month later).The film succeeded by mixing veteran stars (George Brent, Warner Baxter and Bebe Daniels) with virtual new-comers (Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler), and exotic chorus girls in abundance.Belshazzar is fanned by servants."The two-sword man, Belshazzar""s faithful guard, a mighty man of valor," (Elmo Lincoln) is pictured as a broad-chested, muscle-bound warrior with a fearsome sword.