As the real estate agent left, he advised Clark: "You be careful when you get back to Metropolis, Clark.The increasingly claustrophobic, downbeat film, shot in linear sequence along forty miles of a treacherous river, has been looked upon as a philosophical or mythical allegory of man's psychological and grueling physical journey against adversity.Flynn did most of his own dueling and other action stunts except for the expert archery shooting, and was coached by fencing master Fred Cavens...We've made a lot of pictures together.Joe: And you'll play Salome?Norma: Who else?Joe: Only asking.I didn't know you were planning a comeback.Norma: I hate that word.It'sreturn- a return to the millions of people who have never forgiven me for deserting the screen.Joe: Fair enough.Norma: (recalling) Salome - what a woman! What a part! The princess in love with a Holy Man.She dances the Dance of the Seven Veils.He rejects her, so she demands his head on a golden tray, kissing his cold, dead lips.Joe: They'll love it in Pomona.Norma: They'll love it every place.Read it.Read the scene just before she has him killed.Joe: Never let another writer read your material.He may steal it.Norma: I'm not afraid.Read it![Joe first mistakenly believes he has found a way o beat the repo men.He doesn't foresee that he will be reeled in and end up fatally dependent upon her, with his John the Baptist's head on a platter for her...when the hands point up - the excitement starts!" [Director Howard Hawks and actor John Wayne both responded to the liberal preachiness of this 'un-American' film (and its cowardly townspeople) by creating a no-nonsense, right-wing rebuttal inRio Bravo (1959).