Plot SynopsisOvertureOpening Introductory Prologue:In the opening, producer-director Cecil B.DeMille directly addressed the film audience (after emerging from behind an ornate gold and gray theatrical stage curtain), and called his introduction "an unusual procedure speaking to you before the picture begins.During a hot-dog BBQ lunch, Terry left he group looking for her shaggy pet dog Muffin.While the others had an afternoon swim break in the lake, bikini-topped Sandra convinced Jeff to join her, as they snuck away and hiked to see the nearby legendary campgrounds, although it was strictly off-limits.He faints into a chair at the sight of food.He has the perfect media profile to impersonate "John Doe":He""s perfect, a baseball player.What could be more American?...that face is wonderful.They""ll believe him...That""s our man, he""s made-to-order.[A desire to return to baseball, after receiving the promise of a contract to have his injured pitching arm repaired by "bone-setter Brown," is the main motivation for Willoughby to accept his assignment and engage in the deal - it shows that he is corruptible.He recognized the voice of his "very old friend" Gandalf.At his Shire""s front door, he greeted Gandalf with great joy, who was visiting on the occasion of Bilbo""s 111th birthday, 60 years into the future.