Although the film was released in mid-1946, it was actually filmed mostly in the fall of 1944 (about six months before Bacall and Bogart were married).Meanwhile, the British ship theEssexhad earlier caught up to Jack""s boat, theDying Gullwith its sparse remaining crew.Raven tried to seduce Erik by enticing him naked in his bed - but he rejected her false self and convinced her to accept her mutant self:"I prefer the real Raven.Rhodes threatened to evacuate the "rotting, stinking sewer" and leave the scientists there, but Dr.Logan retaliated: "They have you in a hopeless situation, strategically.You""re lost...unless you can make them behave," and he spoke of "progress" in keeping the zombies in check and controlling them.The Thief watched a royal procession or parade through he streets, and cried out the familiar beggar""s request for help: "Alms! O ye merciful! Alms!" As the procession passed, he rolled under the open litter transport held up by porters, clung o its under-carriage, and removed a ring from the extended hand of the unaware carriage""s occupant.