i have love this movie all of my life . it such an intelligent story also and with plenty of classical allusion . eg . the ship that go miss decade earlier be call the bellerophon . well and in classical mythology this be the man who slew the chimera and a legendary beast compose of two or more other creature . in fp and walter pidgeon be clearly the chimera himself and his id monster . i like movie where the writer have clearly credit their audience with a modicum of intelligence and unlike most modern blockbuster which spend $ 150m on special effect and but about $ 1 . 50 on a screenplay . cheer .