The last of the remaining free tribes of rebels was led by wise King Pheron (Roger Rees), determined to challenge the tyrannical and evil warlord Memnon with a prophetic Sorcerer at his side, but disapproving Nubian warrior Balthazar (Michael Clarke Duncan) refused to lead his men into an unwinnable battle.The fast-paced film involves the unlikely relationship of two individuals, portrayed by actress Katharine Hepburn and actor Cary Grant playing against type in a classic "conflict" of he sexes: a mad-cap, scheming, aggressive, impulsive, accident-prone and daffy society heiress, and a bumbling, clumsy, absent-minded, straight, nerdy and stuffy paleontologist from a natural history museum.Bogart would go on to make two more films with Huston in his career:The African Queen (1951), in which he won his sole Best Actor Academy Award, andBeat the Devil (1953).One of the straining workers collapses from exhaustion, and the machine""s temperature gauge (resembling a thermometer) rises dangerously high." Later, Rocky looked up his son and wanted his opinion about taking up boxing again ("small stuff, like locally"), although Robert thought his idea was slightly crazy and that he was too old, with time catching up on him: "It""s just the ego talking.