It""s also a black and white film (reminiscent of the early film era) filled with non-stop action (e.g., the initial car chase), slapstick, and one-liners reminiscent of Marx Brothers and Mack Sennett comedies.The film was book-ended by another racking-in close-up of Caesar""s solemn and furrowed brow and eyes.At the end of the thirties, Walsh""s ""social history"" film eulogizes and recreates the entire Jazz Age decade, Prohibition and its repeal (including the process of manufacturing bathtub gin), and the Depression era (through the mid 1930s) with an expansive, eulogistic perspective within an historical framework.He is commanded to cross the frontier""s border, with one NCO and 10 men, and supplies (including ammunition) - ostensibly it will be a hunting expedition.