"I want to meet with representatives from all the nations of the Earth."Initially, Klaatu was told by the somewhat-shocked Mr.Harley that a meeting with his specifications was impossible due to bureaucratic complications: ("I""m afraid that would be a little awkward.Director George Marshall parodies and satirizes the classic Western with its stereotypical elements - a lawless Western town with a saloon and a sheriff, with three saloon/musical numbers! The film""s well-paced, brisk screenplay by Felix Jackson, Gertrude Purcell and Henry Myers was based on Jackson""s original screen story, suggested by Max Brand""s novel of the same name.Actually, James Dean also had difficult problems with his father, so the film was persuasively autobiographical in many ways.Caribbean incident to research, and told to "be discreet." In the White House shortly later, he reported to the US President Bennett (Donald Moffatt) and his advisors about the incident, since the victim on board the yacht was a close friend and political ally of the President.