Stanley and Livingstone Colonel Grimes tells two peace commissioners sent from Washington DC that he cannot permit them to try to contact the Indians of the Wyoming Territory of 1870, as it would be suicidal, only to have Stanley emerge from the wilderness, escorted by a band of the natives and his guide, Jeff Slocum (Walter Brennan). When Stanley returns to New York City, his employer, "New York Herald" publisher James Gordon Bennett, Jr., gives him another near-impossible assignment. The "London Globe" has announced that an expedition headed by Gareth Tyce (Richard Greene), the son of the "Globe"s publisher, Lord Tyce (Charles Coburn),
Stanley Kubrick's unrealized projects fascination in World War II led to an interest in The Battle of Monte Cassino. D'Alessandro said, "Stanley said that would be an interesting film to make. He asked me to get hold of things … like newspaper cuttings and find out the distance from the airport, train stations. He had a friend who actually bombarded Monte Cassino during the war … It is horrible to remember those days. Everything was completely destroyed.” Stanley Kubrick's unrealized projects Film director Stanley Kubrick worked on numerous film projects that were never completed. In 1956, after the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (M.G.M.) studio turned down a