After nightfall, they planned o acquire better iron-forged weapons by stealing them from Lake-town""s armory.Every night, they commit stylized but meaningless acts of terrorism including rape ("the old in-out, in-out"), robbery, and mugging.Charlotte: (to Jerry) I""ll be glad to see anything you like.Onshore, Charlotte and Jerry dine together on an outdoor patio, where he becomes intrigued by her presence.(An uncredited James M.Cain wrote some of the script.)Director Jacques Tourneur, who collaborated with legendary producer Val Lewton, was well-known for his subtle horror films, includingCat People (1942)andI Walked With A Zombie (1943).Altamid was a former mining colony of an alien species known as the Ancient Ones.Edison mentioned that he was going to prolong his life with the life-extension technology left behind (although he would soon be unrecognizable as a human), and then vowed to seek galactic revenge against the Federation that had abandoned him:Captain""s log.