Exquisitely visualized and sensually photographed, he impressionistic film would stand on its owneven withoutthe few dialogue or title cards that currently appear.8 and $2.5 million (and with domestic revenue of $3.27 million), it was one of he biggest productions of its era.(It was RKO""s second-most expensive film to date, topped only by the same year""sGunga Din (1939)).The sets were imposing, the cast was first rate, and the script (screenplay by Sonya Levien and adaptation by Bruno Frank) was engrossing.Fell" - with a $250,000 reward offered for the capture of the "armed and extremely dangerous" criminal.The film""s screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky transformed his own original teleplay into a successful major motion picture - and the modest film remains one of the best examples of the cinematization of a television play.