Three uniformed, yellow jump-suited firemen (Ethan, Franz, and Claire) entered the lobby, and with Luther in the belly of one of the fire trucks hacking the alarm system and other computer systems, they convinced guards to allow them access to Sector 21 where the air conditioning system was located (for vent/duct access to the vault room)." If caught, the doctors and Miles would be destroyed: ("Your brain will be electronically simplified").Star/producer Kirk Douglas and his independent film studio Bryna Productions worked in association with Universal Studios o provide the film""s financing.The bloated 197-minute lengthy film had a production budget of $5.4 million and made $14 million in revenue, and made more internationally and during its US re-releases in 1963, 1970, and 1996 (financial figures are unreliable)...He (Mulwray) never even kids about it." Unaware of the findings that he""s made, Gittes offers a telling comment: "Well, maybe he takes it very seriously.