Dupree, South Dakota.Various shots show the empty streets and subdued, quiet life in the South Dakota town.Holly's soon-to-be partner in crime, 25 year-old Kit Carruthers (Martin Sheen), wearing a tight white T-shirt and blue jeans, appears on his early rounds collecting garbage on a dump truck in the quiet town of Ft.Bourne saved Nicky's life, and then told her to divert the pursuit - "code it in" that they were dead.Due to the film's raw, controversially-offensive and critical assessment of hypocritical French military and bureaucratic authorities who callously condemn and sacrifice three randomly-chosen innocent men with execution (for cowardice) for their own fatal blunder, it suffered poor box-office returns, and was banned in France and Switzerland for almost twenty years (until the mid-1970s) following its release.The groom [McCrea 1] is still dressing during his taxi ride and on his way down the aisle.He and the bride [Colbert 2] meet at the altar and smile lovingly at each other.There's another shot of the unconscious maid on the floor.The camera pulls back.The marriage ceremony recedes into the background.The camera moves past two framed, clear-glass itle cards with cloudy white letters, foretelling the expected romantic formula:and they lived happily ever after.