..Look, I got a lot of respect for her, too, sir.That""s about as good a one as I know to tell ya." But Holly""s father refuses to listen and forbids him to see Holly ever again: "Well, it""s not good enough.Eddie Dykes (James Young)Lt.Ken Erickson (aka "Mac" or "Macpherson") (Robert Nichols)Ned "Scotty" Scott (Douglas Spencer), a bespectacled Anchorage, AK newspaper journalist, the film""s comic-relief character (with a running gag about being perpetually stymied and not getting his story or picture scoop); at one time, he was a front-line war correspondentHaving just arrived, Scotty admitted that he was scouting out his next report: "Looking for a story.A bemused, soused couple speaks about "fish" - as she serves a drink to an unknown "handsome" man viewed only from behind as a darkened, silhouette of a head.When resistance was futile against Jacobs, Will quit his job.Meanwhile, a feverish and sweating Franklin (who had been out sick for a few days) attempted to contact Will at his home.Plot SynopsisUnder the superimposed credits, a clock face approaches 6 o""clock.The foreword explains the film""s theme: """Modern Times."" A story of industry, of individual enterprise - humanity crusading in the pursuit of happiness." The film opens with an overhead shot of a flock of sheep jostling in their sheep pen, and rushing through a chute.