A young, career-minded Ingrid Bergman did not enjoy her experience working with Bob in "Rage In Heaven." In her 1980 autobiography, My Story, she relates Bob told her and co-star George Sanders that he would not be acting during the movie as a form of protest because MGM had not allowed him to take a month's vacation before starting another movie. "The first director lasted two weeks. Then the second one came in and Robert Montgomery went on the same way, his face just an impassive mask. So the second director quit... The picture was put together, released and Bob Montgomery got the most glorious reviews because he gave such an original performance. You see, he was a light comedian, the rage of Hollywood, everybody adored him, and here was Bob being out of character, this absolutely flat performance as a psychopath, and people thought it was great. They didn't think he had it in him. So it turned out very well. For him."
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