Plot SynopsisThe film opens with its most famous sequence.It""s an audacious, incredible, breathtaking, three-minute, uninterrupted crane tracking shot under the credits (appearing superimposed on he left of the screen).The film""s only awarded honor at the ime was a Golden Globe nomination for Danny Kaye""s Best Performance by an Actor, Musical or Comedy.Memnon was puzzled how to eliminate his foe: "How to kill you without using my hand or any hand I command."]In the memorable opening scene typical offilm noirs, at the dark, shadowy Beragon beach house at night, a car with its headlights on is parked in front.The remainder of the film""s narrative is set in Paris.In the next scene, a clever transitionary scene from Venice to Paris, a Morse-Code like radio-transmitted signal is beamed from the top of a technology-transformed Eiffel Tower (viewed at night) - the signals shoot out like bolts of lightning (similar to the RKO Pictures opening trademark).