Absolutely brilliant film, in many ways better than the book and certainly better than Carpenter's remake. Hawks' patented run-over machine-gun-banter dialogue was never better, and the cast of B actors turn in uniformly great performances.
AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE LAST LINE: 1) Remember the era in which it was made:? Stalin threatening the world and the equally horrifying reaction of McCarthy an HUAC being on the rise; and 2) Remember where threats to America HAVE always come from, in modern times: THE SKIES. Pearl Harbor, the Cuban Missile Crisis, 9/11, the Kims and North Korea-all powerful dramatic backing. Try reading history, BALANCED history, instead of hack voices from the Right and the Left.
AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE LAST LINE: 1) Remember the era in which it was made:? Stalin threatening the world and the equally horrifying reaction of McCarthy an HUAC being on the rise; and 2) Remember where threats to America HAVE always come from, in modern times: THE SKIES. Pearl Harbor, the Cuban Missile Crisis, 9/11, the Kims and North Korea-all powerful dramatic backing. Try reading history, BALANCED history, instead of hack voices from the Right and the Left.