Robinson.Short-statured (5""6") Jewish actor Dustin Hoffman had already been cast as Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind inThe Producers (1968)when he bowed out and took the role of bumbling graduate Benjamin Braddock.Batman pursued the Phantasm in his Bat-wing vehicle, but was threatened with arrest by the police and the Phantasm escaped.She was still angry at him for ditching her at the Homecoming Dance: "That was a pretty crappy thing to do." Donovan interpreted: "The Holy Grail, Dr.Jones.The chalice used by Christ during the Last Supper.The cup that caught His blood at the Crucifixion and was entrusted to Joseph of Arimathea." Donovan was enthralled by the promise of immortality: "The gift of youth to whoever drinks from the Grail," and mentioned how Indy""s father, a teacher of medieval literature, had spent his life researching the Holy Grail: "Grail lore is his hobby.