The boat arrived at the pier of Ambrose""s luxurious island home on the water, while his assistant Hugh Stamp watched from the balcony, immediately suspicious and vigilant, as the two ex-lovers met again and kissed.That""s why we had to go undercover with Detective Foley to solve this case." The Mayor was fed up with Lutz"" "abusive attitude" and promptly fired him.After recovering, Bogomil was appointed the new Chief of Police by the Mayor.On the phone, the Mayor also thanked Foley""s Detroit boss Todd for having him assist on the case.However, Todd chewed out his subordinate: "Now that you""re done being a California hero, you better get your ass on back here to your real job.Let her alone...She helped me to break out of Ape City." All of the members of the group were intrigued by his mention of Ape City and telepathically ""spoke"" to him simultaneously.The story was reportedly based on the real-life Italian adventures of British Princess Margaret.Award-winning director Wyler was known for other great films includingDodsworth (1936),Jezebel (1938),Wuthering Heights (1939),The Letter (1940), two 1940s Best Picture winners:Mrs.The plot affords many opportunities for the comedic team to show off their anarchic style of humor, with many pun-filled, absurd, non-sensical bits of dialogue, insults, idiosyncracies, and one-liners.