[Their closing words in the scene foreshadow their marriage, their failed relationship, and their inability beyond a cursory look to focus more deeply upon their underlying problems.The film""s screenplay by Carl Foreman [this was his last Hollywood film before blacklist exile to London, soon after his work onHome of the Brave (1949),Champion (1949), andThe Men (1950)], written during a politically-oppressive atmosphere in the early 1950s when McCarthyism and political persecution were rampant, was loosely adapted from aCollier""s MagazinestoryThe Tin Star(by John W.Cradling her, he flew to the rooftop of another city skyscraper, placed her down, reached inside of her and extracted the bullet from her chest.Looking handsome in a fancy suit, he comes down the stairway of his place, and when he reaches the threshold of the door, she opens it for him.6 in B Minor (Pathétique)), and re-edited the original 68 minute film (of 6 reels) for re-release in 1972.