The classic MGM film - a pet project of MGM's production head Irving Thalberg ("Boy Wonder") was directed by Edmund Goulding who had acquired the nickname "Lion Tamer" for his ability to deal with many temperamental Hollywood stars, as he did in this film.Robie: Naah, no.I was a member of an American trapeze act in the circus that traveled in Europe.It folded and I was stranded, so I put my agility to a more rewarding purpose.Hughson: You have no other defense.Robie: No.For what it's worth, I only stole from people who wouldn't go hungry...Hughson: I take it you were a sort of modern Robin Hood.I mean, you gave away most of the proceeds of your crimes.Robie: Kept everything myself.Well, let's face it, I was an out-and-out hief, like you.Hughson: Steady, old man.Robie: No, no, wait a minute.Have you ever taken an ashtray from a hotel or a towel?Hughson: Souvenirs, they expect that.Robie: You're given an expense allowance to pay for all the meals you eat on the job.Right? But this meal is free.Now, are you going o deduct the price of a lunch from your expense account? Well, of course you're not.[The wilderness isn't populated with romantic survivalists or enobled, heroic characters as in adventure stories, but sadistic brutes.When the fourth guard Patty Frost (Leslie Easterbrook) ran into the channel-gate with a pump-gun and shot at Myers, he grabbed the third guard, African-American guard Stan Payne (Steve Boyles) as a shield, and Payne was accidentally shot in the stomach by Patty.