..He took out eight agents when they had him at Langley.They couldn""t control him so they packed him up in a rocket and shipped him off to space."The "just very-much retired" Dr.Loomis (Donald Pleasence), Michael""s psychiatrist, was also listening to the show in his isolated country home.Only through positive word-of-mouth (following cable TV and broadcast airings, and then video releases) did the film do well - although its original reception at the box-office was lukewarm.) The ear is taken to the coroner""s office for forensic study.In the coroner""s office while the ear is examined on a medical dish, the coroner explains what can be determined in a detached, clinical manner:.Austrian Carl Mayer wrote the screenplay, adapting he story/novellaA Trip to Tilsit("Die Reise Nach Tilsit") by novelist/playwright Hermann Sudermann.Luke attacked the guards (with Lando""s aid), some of whom ended up in the pit, and the prisoners were freed.