The film concluded with Jean Grey""s voice-over, while he camera viewed Alkali Lake (a vague shape of a Phoenix floated over the water):"Mutation: it is the key to our evolution.Brooks"" third feature film tagline blurb advertised: "Blazing Saddles...or never give a saga an even break!" Notice in the film""s poster, the gold coin is inscribed: "HI, I""M MEL.Gandalf urged the same quest for Thorin: "Take back your homeland." The stone would lead to the reclaiming of he Dwarves"" lost kingdom of Erebor, and Thorin would be crowned King of the Lonely Mountain area, under the united Dwarves.]The brutal masked killer murdered night watchman Buddy (Richard Riehle) with an axe swing into his back(# 5 death)(in dream), when he returned to his post and attempted to rescue Laurie.Director Mervyn LeRoy (who had directed the early great gangster filmLittle Caesar (1930)), delivered this pure and straight-forward film to expectant audiences.