5 million for film rights o the popular Broadway hit.It turned out to be one of the top five most successful films in 1964 - a combination of clever lyrics and singable tunes, with a great lead and supporting cast, and lavishly-designed heatrical sets and costumes.They""ve been shot").O""Flynn""s daughter rode by on horseback - now zombified.O""Flynn was angered by the wholesale slaughter of the people he had sent there: "I never meant for them to die." The film was originally titled "Number 55."Plot SynopsisEx-boxer and prohibition tough guy Joe Anton (George Raft) manages a New York speak-easy and gambling casino at "Number 55.The two watched as Jason bashed in he head of a sanitation engineer (David Longworth) with a heavy monkey wrench(# 19 death)(off-screen), seen in silhouette on the wall.