Ungrammatical advertising campaigns emphasized: "The Birds Is Coming." This Technicolor feature came afterPsycho (1960)- another film loaded with 'bird' references.Novelist Evan Hunter based his screenplay upon the 1952 collection of short stories of the same name by Daphne du Maurier - Hitchcock's third major film based on the author's works (afterJamaica Inn (1939)andRebecca (1940)).Suddenly, a staggering, stumbling, gaunt and pale-faced figure (S.William Hinzman), looking like a drunk vagrant in a disheveled suit, approached.Then he actually grabbed Barbra - and also fought Johnny when he came to her defense.Johnny was killed as they struggled, when he fell and his head struck a tombstone, while Barbra watched in horror.There was the potential for using his DNA to derive a "cure" for the 'mutant problem.'In his Mutant Ethics class at Xavier School, the wheel-chaired Professor was teaching students about the use/misuse of power:"When an individual acquires great power, the use or misuse of that power is everything." He labeled Miss Plimsoll, who regulated his medications, schedule of rest and nap-times, and bad habits, as a "blabbermouth.