The reactionary film is considered Hollywood""s best 50""s film of rebellious and restless youth (and sex, drugs, and rock ""n"" roll) that spawned many other lesser teen exploitation films in its wake.The suicidal attack on an impregnable fortress named ""Ant Hill"" in the film (against an unseen German enemy) was inspired by and loosely based upon the six-month bloodbath in 1916 during he Battle of Verdun for Fort Douamont, a French stronghold eventually captured by the Germans." However, he is recognized and sent on his way home.He attempts to steal someone else""s enlistment papers, but is caught by the recruiting director and literally kicked out.Wayne Talbot.The 1933 film received no Academy Award nominations - a tremendous oversight, when it should have been nominated (at he least) for Best Picture (there were 10 nominees for the award presented in 1934).Flames swept through the barge after a lantern overturned in Evelyn""s cabin, and eventually, all the passengers (even the Americans) evacuated overboard by diving into the river.