The intriguing, over-wrought film is a tragic, coming-of-age melodrama from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright William Inge's original screenplay - it was Inge's first story written directly for the screen and he received a nomination (and the film's sole Oscar) for the Best Original Story and Screenplay for his work (one of the film's two Academy Award nominations).The outer space theme was emphasized by the eerie and moody electronic sounds of theremin heme music.Crowds of people are on the top of the high walls, and milling around he outside of the gate.A procession of elephants enter carrying goods.Two characters are introduced: "The Mountain Girl (Constance Talmadge - again) down from the mountains of Suisana," a raggedly-dressed girl, and "The Rhapsode (Elmer Clifton), a Warrior singer - poet agent of the High Priest of Bel.Riggs phoned partner Murtaugh, distraught: "They killed her.She's dead.They killed them both." He vowed to take things personally from now on, first attacking their headquarters in the stilt-house: "I'm not a cop tonight.The other three direct-to-video animated features wereBatman & Mr.Freeze: SubZero (1998),Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000), andBatman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003).