8 and $2.5 million (and with domestic revenue of $3.27 million), it was one of he biggest productions of its era.(It was RKO's second-most expensive film to date, topped only by the same year'sGunga Din (1939)).The sets were imposing, the cast was first rate, and the script (screenplay by Sonya Levien and adaptation by Bruno Frank) was engrossing.She administered CPR to Ethan and resuscitated him (partially in slow-motion).As they walked arm in arm down the waterway, with Ethan carrying the Rabbit's Foot in the small case, she asked for him to explain why they were in China.Peter escaped back into the ventilation shaft when the power went out, and although he was detected by a few of the bikers, he continued shooting at them and effectively picking them off one by one.All officers are ordered to "the punishment hut" (or "the hole"), while Nicholson is summoned into Saito's headquarters.