He is driven to his summer lodgings in New Hampshire, before moving further west in the fall to a lectureship at an Ohio College:Having recently arrived in America where so many Europeans have found a haven before, I decided to spend a peaceful summer in the attractive resort town of Ramsdale, New Hampshire.As the aliens converge, a round beam of light dances on the wall of the stairway - he follows it down as it leads him out to the screen door of the porch.The film""s non-existent musical score is replaced by an electronic soundtrack (including simulated bird cries and wing-flaps), with Hitchcock""s favorite composer Bernard Herrmann serving as a sound consultant.Sturges"" original title for the film wasIs Marriage Necessary?- to emphasize his challenge to the sacredness of marriage.After the end credits, the dog left behind on Pelegosto with the cannibals was seen sitting on the throne with a bone in his mouth: the newly-appointed chief of the tribe.