It""s completely without precedent.And there are practical considerations.The time involved.The enormous distances").Klaatu cooly mentioned the great importance of his message brought from such a long distance.But Harley offered an excuse: "Our world at the moment is full of tensions and suspicions.In the present international situation, such a meeting would be quite impossible." Klaatu suggested conferring with the Earth""s recently-established United Nations (known about via the monitoring of Earth""s radio broadcasts over the years), founed in 1945 at the conclusion of World War II.Once at home, the blind girl turned on the victrola, watered her potted flowers at the window, and took down her caged bird.(For Holliday, it was a star-making and Best Actress Oscar winning role.) Tom Ewell, Jean Hagen, and David Wayne, other character stars, launched their careers with this film.Brad tried to assure Janet: "It""s probably some hunting lodge for rich weirdos." Riff Raff explained they had arrived on a "rather special night - it""s one of the Master""s affairs." Claggett boasts about his winning luck: "He""ll need more than a rabbit""s foot to catch up with me.I""m more than likely to own this whole she-bang before the night""s over.Then you""ll be working for me, Frenchy." She offers sandwiches and hot coffee o the players in the upstairs cardroom as they gamble during the next deal: "It""s all or nothing, I always say.