In return for bringing order into Judea with Ben-Hur""s help, Messala promises him advancement in the eyes of the new Emperor Tiberius.They were summoned o the fancy penthouse of a gambler/racketeer kingpin, an "operator" named Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas) - an apt name for a smart financial operator.[Upon their return to the US, Ethan""s trio of team members were apprehended by Brassel.] Ethan kept insisting that he had delivered the object.After the count of ten, Davian fired his gun at Julia""s head and executed her, and then revealed to traitorous Musgrave (who suddenly appeared): "I pushed him as far as he can go.As the request was accepted, another torpedo was heard - this time from the pursuing Soviet submarine theKonovalov,captained by Tupolev, although it missed because of the wrong target range.Battling Burrows is described as a brute of a father, a sadistic professional boxer who drinks to celebrate his latest victory:Battling Burrows, an abysmal brute - a gorilla of the jungles of East London - gloating on his victory over he "Limehouse Tiger.