My first and only vice." When told that the bank opens at 10, Sousè warns: "Well, if that""s all right, if I""m not here on time, just go right ahead without me.Stylistically, the film, in various places, resembles the German expressionist films of F.W.Murnau and Fritz Lang, although it also uses fluid and natural camera movements.King Vidor received an Academy Award nomination as Best Director, and the film itself was nominated as Best Unique and Artistic Picture in a short-lived award category, where it was defeated by Fox""s and F.One of the jet fighters, piloted by feisty Blair Williams (Moon Bloodgood), was shot down by the H-K during the rescue mission, and she ejected into some dead power lines.The remainder of the film""s narrative is set in Paris.In the next scene, a clever transitionary scene from Venice to Paris, a Morse-Code like radio-transmitted signal is beamed from the top of a technology-transformed Eiffel Tower (viewed at night) - the signals shoot out like bolts of lightning (similar to the RKO Pictures opening trademark).