In the confusion following the fight, Adrian finally reached Rocky - the real and true champion - in the ring, and she exclaimed: "I love you...Freddy!" She hen realized from the shocked look on the nurses"" faces that she had fallen asleep, and they thought she was crazy."Major star Kirk Douglas [Note: Richard Burton and James Mason were also considered for the role], with his own production company (Bryna), insisted on pushing ahead with financing for the unpopular film project (this was Bryna""s second film following afterThe Indian Fighter (1955)) and played the lead role as lawyer-trained Colonel Dax compelled to defend hree of his court-martialed men against hopeless odds.Washington Dimsdale.The crowd is stunned for a moment, and then bursts into uproarious laughter.As the camera elbows its way through the crowd, Dimsdale is found unconscious and lying on the floor.