The film was symbolic of the cold war battle between East and West, with blatant Commie-bashing as part of its plot, although Rocky""s final victory speech in the ring was a foretaste of easing tensions (glastnost).Unfortunately, when the film was first released in he mid-1950s, it failed at the box-office (with only $2.A C-130 transport plane with a Skyhook device flew overhead and snagged the two of them.Back in the US when questioned by Assistant DA Rachel, Lau agreed to testify in court - and identify all of his mob clients who had pooled their money - all the mobsters could be charged as one "criminal conspiracy" - in exchange for Lau""s immunity and return to Hong Kong.On account of Universal""s success with this classicDraculafilm, he next year, Browning went on to direct the truly bizarre, classic horror filmFreaks (1932)for MGM - a controversial and grotesque film that has achieved cult status, and was banned for almost thirty years in Britain.The tale of youthful defiance, which could have been exploitative - but wasn""t, provides a rich, but stylized (and partly out-dated) look at the world of the conformist mid-1950s from the perspective of the main adolescent male character - a troubled teen with ineffectual parents, who faces a new school environment.