She passes a newstand with a poster of the city's landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge.After hearing a sexist 'wolf-whistle' [or more appropriately, a bird-whistle!] directed her way, she vainly turns in its direction and appears self-consciously pleased rather than insulted.8 and $2.5 million (and with domestic revenue of $3.27 million), it was one of he biggest productions of its era.(It was RKO's second-most expensive film to date, topped only by the same year'sGunga Din (1939)).The sets were imposing, the cast was first rate, and the script (screenplay by Sonya Levien and adaptation by Bruno Frank) was engrossing.He quotes Samuel Johnson's words: "Patriotism...is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Mireau hreatens that Dax will be relieved of his command if he doesn't agree to the attack.Although he is tired, Dax concedes to the plan o stay close to his men and to follow military orders: "If any soldiers in the world can take it, we'll take the Ant Hill.As they talked, Gruber phoned with information about 2,400 pounds of explosives planted in one of the 1,446 schools in greater New York, and set to explode at 3:00 pm: "Simon says, if you attempt to evacuate schools, the bomb will be detonated by radio" - "unless John McClane and his new best friend complete the tasks I set them.