Indy vs. René Belloq — an ongoing interpersonal rivalry and moral mirror: Belloq’s opportunistic appropriation of antiquities and collusion with power vs. Indy's ethical stewardship.

Exhausted and disarmed, Indy is confronted by Emile Belloq and his cadre of Hovitos at the temple mouth. Belloq charmingly cajoles Jones into surrendering both the golden idol and his …

Indiana Jones storms the Tabernacle with a bazooka, interrupting Belloq’s hypnotic, gold-robed invocation at the Ark and threatening to blow it open unless Marion is produced. The militaristic impatience of …