As a footnote, it was refilmed 34 years later (a record for an interval of time between a sequel and its original) in the mid-70s as the satiricalBlack Bird (1975)with George Segal as son Sam Spade, Jr.He then warned Captain Pike that Vulcan was being attacked by Romulans, and that their ship was facing a Romulan trap -- a logical theory also confirmed by Spock.After fifteen years of mute silence, an exasperated Dr.Loomis told Michael that he had become his "best friend," but after having done everything he could, he was giving up the case ("I have to move on...that crazy fella that""s a runnin"" it....They say he ain""t scared of nothing.If he wants a picture of a lion, he just goes up to him and tells him to look pleasant." Everybody around the dock is talking about the unusually large cargo and number of crew members - "three times more than the ship needs.BackgroundUnforgiven(1992) is producer/director/star Clint Eastwood""s own tribute to his legendary legacy in Sergio Leone""s low-budget ""spaghetti"" westerns, and a return o his most successful film genre - after seven years (following hisPale Rider (1985)).