" As the freeway above him collapsed from the jet""s assault by missiles, McClane screamed: "You""re shooting at the wrong guy.He gestures toward the owner""s cane-dagger and offers himself up as a male friend:You see, this way, you""ll have two friends.It opened at the Astor Theatre in New York on October 29th, 1955, about a month after the death of its star (on September 30, 1955) on a highway in his sports car.Tie-less, half-dressed homicide Police Sergeant Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) investigates the suicide of fellow cop Tom Duncan (in charge of the Record Bureau) after being summoned: "When a cop kills himself, they want a full report.