The cinematography of Rudolph Mate made masterful use of intricately-composed or framed scenes, many with deep-focus, recalling the works of Gregg Toland.The Donkey went looking for Fiona in the dilapidated windmill, and discovered to his utter shock that she had turned into a female ogre (ogress).Its meandering tale examines he inner psychological turmoil of a fiercely independent, crusading man obsessed with revenge and hatred, who searches for his two nieces (Pippa Scott and Natalie Wood) among the "savages" over a five-year period.Within one of the cemetery's deep caves, they located the grave of missing conquistador Francisco de Orellana and six others - and here, they found the "unbelievable" crystal skull hidden by Oxley - "a single piece of seamless quartz" with magnetic properties.Plot SynopsisThe black and white film's title credits, with white lettering, were shot with the camera pointed down at a dry plot of earthly soil or dirt.