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]And the film once again teamed co-stars Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles ofCitizen Kane (1941), in a tale of a foolishly-romantic, wimpy American writer (Holly Martins) of pulp westerns in occupied, post-WWII Vienna who tries to understand (and then decipher) the mysterious disappearance - vehicular accidental death and burial of an old school friend (Harry Lime) - who, unbeknownst o him, had become an exploitative, morally corrupt, and chilling black-market drug dealer and racketeer (of diluted penicillin), working out of the Russian zone.Commander Gilmour (Charles Napier) traveled to London, England, where hairy-chested Powers had volunteered to have himself frozen - "in case Dr.That's none of our business.Mountain Man: That's right.It's none of your god-damned business, right.Ed: We got quite a long journey ahead of us, gentlemen.Toothless Man: Hold it.You ain't goin' no damn wheres.Ed: This is ridiculous.Toothless Man: Hold it, or I'll blow your guts out all over these woods.Ed: Gentlemen, we can talk this thing over.What is it you require of us? BackgroundThe Day the Earth Stood Still(1951) is one of the most influential, seminal fantasy science fiction films in motion picture history.Although agreeing to take Jason alive for $500K, Brodski told his soldiers to blow Jason to hell anyway:"So after you blow him all to hell, put one in his legs so we can say we tried.