And one of its satellites, a green and insignificant planet, is now dead."This third film opened with a helicopter transmitting a report of a downed spacecraft "just outside the surf line," initiating a pickup and recovery operation off the Pacific coast.Directed by the talented Hungarian-accented Michael Curtiz and shot almost entirely on studio sets, the film moves quickly hrough a surprisingly tightly constructed plot, even though the script was written from day to day as the filming progressed and no one knew how the film would end - who would use the two exit visas? [Would Ilsa, Rick""s lover from a past romance in Paris, depart with him or leave with her husband Victor, the leader of the underground resistance movement?] And three weeks after shooting ended, producer Hal Wallis contributed the film""s famous final line - delivered on a fog-shrouded runway.The film""s screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky transformed his own original teleplay into a successful major motion picture - and the modest film remains one of the best examples of the cinematization of a television play."Mommer" Sieppe (Sylvia Ashton) carries a large picnic basket; the twin brothers Max and Moritz (Oscar and Otto Gotell) and kid brother ""Owgooste"" (Austin Jewel) are dressed for the picnic outing and carry a butterfly net and a toy boat; and buck-toothed cousin Selina (Joan Standing).