]The film""s frightening, daring, and far-fetched plot, from a screenplay written by co-producer and Broadway playwright George Axelrod (famous for the Broadway playWill Success Spoil Rock Hunter?andLord Love a Duck (1966)), was based on Richard Condon""s 1959 novel of the same name." The command is made very clear by the CIA operative speaking only once:Terminate with extreme prejudice.Elf leader Haldir lost his life, just as the defenders were forced to retreat into the rear Keep.One last horseback attack into the midst of the enemy was led by Aragorn (to allow the women and children to escape on a mountain pass), bolstered by the arrival of Gandalf (on his white horse) and Eomer (and his cavalry warriors) who then triumphed over Saruman""s Uruk-hai/Orc troops, while the marching Ents destroyed Saruman""s stronghold at Isengard (throwing boulders and causing a dam burst and flood to topple the tower of Orthanc).Joey: Can you shoot as good as Shane, Pa?Joe: How do I know? I""ve never seen him shoot.But I doubt it.Joey: He didn""t wear his gun today.Why is that, Pa?Joe: Well, he""s tradin"" at the store, not holdin"" it up.Joey: But why, Pa, honest? Why didn""t he?Joe: I don""t wear one myself.Joey: It goes with him, though...Could you whip him, Pa? Could you whip Shane?Joe: Don""t you ask nothin"" but questions?Joey: But could you?A buckboard enters the yard carrying another homesteader/settler Ernie Wright (Leonard Strong).Expert pocket billiards champ Willie Mosconi, listed in the credits as Technical Advisor, provided some of the trick pool shots for Newman - Jackie Gleason shot his own games.