And a familiar director Clarence Brown was also assigned to the film, having already directed Garbo inFlesh and the Devil (1926), andA Woman of Affairs (1928)(and laterAnna Karenina (1935)andConquest (1937)).Meela Nais reminded Balthus that she should have taken care of the task, but he responded that he didn""t want her "past history to cloud the issue.Deliberately disobeying his superiors, Kirk and some of his crew released an unstable and detained McCoy from his psychiatric examination cell (after his arrest for trying to hire an illegal craft), beamed aboard the antiquatedUSS Enterprise, and hijacked the craft - refusing to surrender to Starbase orders; the ultra-modernUSS Excelsoirwas unable to pursue due to Scotty""s tinkering with its transwarp drive; meanwhile, theUSS Grissomcame under enemy Kruge""s Klingon Bird of Prey ship attack and was destroyed (without taking prisoners)." To defend her when Chang forced himself on her, Captain Harvey broke into the room, punched Chang in the face and knocked him down to the floor.