The image presents a hint of the twisting, snake-like plot that is to come.On the banks of a tropical Amazon river following a year""s snake-hunting expedition [in a primordial jungle cartoonishly representing the Biblical Garden of Eden] funded by the Pike fortune, Charles Pike (Henry Fonda), a serious amateur ophiologist (snake-expert), is given a wooden box by Professor Jones (Reginald Sheffield) before he boards a motor launch.Letty brushed the sand from her hair, as Beverly continued to fawn over her, but explained how his respiratory health was poor:I""d have sent for you before, honey - but it""s been a mighty hard year - and my cough isn""t much better.As he had hoped, the propulsion from the broken valve on the tank sent the flaming man crashing into an exploding Union 76 gasoline truck, that blew into the air and landed on their police car.Ensign Keith - appointed by Queeg to be the ship""s Morale Officer, was both pleased with DeVriess"" departure and optimistically hopeful about Queeg""s impressive approach to ""clean up"" the ship according o regulations and standards: "Well, he""s certainly Navy," but he treacherous Lieutenant Keefer cynically commented: "Yeah.