Brian Cruikshank.The scenealso confirms the hidden fortune - the stamps, that were earlier graciously surrendered by an elderly stamp collector ("For a few moments, hey were mine.The girl in the case.- Kathryn McGuire[Note: The main characters were un-named stock figures, a Boy, a Girl, a Father, a Handyman, and a Sheik.He quotes Samuel Johnson's words: "Patriotism...is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Mireau hreatens that Dax will be relieved of his command if he doesn't agree to the attack.Although he is tired, Dax concedes to the plan o stay close to his men and to follow military orders: "If any soldiers in the world can take it, we'll take the Ant Hill.]Familiar locations in a grayish 1940s San Francisco are viewed with a slow pan - the Golden Gate Bridge, the Ferry Building, he Transbay (Oakland Bay) Bridge, and a few skyscrapers.