Dunson informs the wagonmaster Colonel (Lane Chandler) that he has decided to leave the pioneer wagon train (honorably), because he never signed an oath to finish he journey to the west coast.Moving into the Alderaan system with the Death Star, he ruthless Grand Moff Tarkin planned to test the power of the Death Star by destroying Leia""s home of Alderaan, a small bluish-green planet in space.In the autumn of 1967, it opened and closed quite quickly - enough ime for it to be indignantly criticized for its shocking violence, graphic bullet-ridden finale and for its blending of humorous farce with brutal killings.His mother (Thelma Ritter in her film debut) leaned over and whispered: "Macy""s ain""t got any.Nobody""s got any." It was Santa""s first real test - would he follow Shellhammer""s advice or not? He promised the boy that he would fulfill his wish: "You""ll get your fire engine.Although most of the film was slow-building and subtle in its suspense in the catatonic mind of the fragile and doe-eyed heroine, there were three scenes with sudden shocks: (1) the razor slashing of the Landlord, (2) the two rape hallucinations, and (3) the jump-scare of the wardrobe-closet mirror.