Clancy publicly accused the filmmakers of bastardizing his book with plot alterations and technical mistakes, but finally allowed his name in the credits.Dames are simple.I never met one that didn""t understand a slap in the mouth or a slug from a forty-five....Take my advice, kid, and forget all this fancy relationship stuff.The world is fulla dames.All you gotta do is whistle.Allan""s Supportive Married Friends - Dick and Linda:His married friends, hard-driven, workaholic Dick Christie (Tony Roberts) and pretty neurotic model-wife Linda (Diane Keaton) arrived and agreed o help Allan find another woman to share his life.Seitz).Jane Wyman also was cast in a different role than her normal characterizations as a bright, loving, patient and happy screen ingenue.Instead of leading the landing craft to the line of departure (at the 1,000 yards off-shore mark), Queeg ordered a yellow dye-marker to be thrown overboard to guide the stranded landing crafts to the beach""s landing zone, and then prematurely pulled he ship back to retreat from the line of fire and abandon the mission (far beforethe 1,000 yards off-shore mark, at 2,500 yards).