She is no bigger than a figure carved in an agate ring stone.And she is drawn by tiny creatures in a cart made from various parts - long spinners"" legs, grasshopper wings, spider""s webs, and watery beams of moonshine - they pull her across the bridges of sleeping men""s noses.The screenplay was based upon French author Pierre Boulle""s 1954 novel of the same name.[Boulle was better known for his 1963 novel adapted for the filmPlanet of the Apes (1968).] Although he received sole screenplay credit, other deliberately uncredited, blacklisted co-scripting authors (exiled Carl Foreman - who scriptedHigh Noon (1952)- and Michael Wilson) had collaborated with him, but were denied elibigility.When the fourth suspect held a gun on Riggs"" throat, the crazed cop yelled: "Shoot him! Shoot the prick! Shoot me!" ignoring his own safety, until he could turn disarm the man.Did you ever see such stock?Leslie: Are they all ours?Bick: Yep.These and 49,000 others just like ""em.Granddaddy and his boys used to drive his longhorns, great herds of them, right through here all the way to Kansas.He quizzically asked: "You""re still here? It""s over! Go home!" He then claimed they couldn""t afford a teaser for the sequel that everyone was expecting: "Sam Jackson to show up? With an eye patch and a saucy little leather number? Go, go.