And because this was Ronald Colman""s first film made for Columbia Studios since his work inLost Horizon (1937), he role propelled his career forward.Forty-One""s stubbornness and hate have kept him alive while other men have perished all around him.Arrius thinks he is foolish to believe in freedom: "You will never escape while we are victorious.If we are not, you will sink with this ship, chained to your oar." Ben Hur refuses the offer unless it means his freedom.In one of the more spectacular scenes in the film, he Romans fight against Macedonian pirate war ships in an exciting sea galley battle.Jones retrieved the chest, but was enraged when he discovered that it was empty.Back in Port Royal, Jamaica, Norrington delivered Jones"" heart from the chest to Lord Beckett, wishing to use it to bargain back his British Royal Navy career.You just keep leading with your chin and don""t you compromise!Bannion: That""s what I wanted to hear you say.As they talked, Gruber phoned with information about 2,400 pounds of explosives planted in one of the 1,446 schools in greater New York, and set to explode at 3:00 pm: "Simon says, if you attempt to evacuate schools, the bomb will be detonated by radio" - "unless John McClane and his new best friend complete the tasks I set them.