Lynnton: "Funny thing, ma""am.My neighborisa girl, Vashti Hake.Maybe there was some talk of my marrying her, but I""m not." Off-key, she replied: "It all sounds so romantic." Bick stared out at both Leslie in front of the house and War Winds in the far pasture - metaphorically linked.Germ.), was indirectly inspired by Joseph Conrad""s 1902 novellaHeart of Darkness (about a steamer journey up a river into the Congo and African jungle - and into the darkest reaches of the human psyche), and also was derived from Michael Herr""s 1977 non-fiction account of the Vietnam War,Dispatches." Sissy clarified the identity of the notorious Jason: "You mean he Jason of Camp Blood?" The Sheriff was very upset with Tommy, and planned to personally escort him out of the county (to the edge of his jurisdiction) for ever: "I don""t want you around here any longer poisoning my daughter or anyone else with your warped sense of humor...Sanitarium, 84 East 61st Street.We want you there for a checkup."An AP teletype report is transmitted to the office of Mr.Gaines: "WAR HERO HIT AND RUN VICTIM - RAYMOND SHAW MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER WAS TODAY..." In the Sanitarium, Communist infiltrators led by Zilkov (Albert Paulsen) have taken over a floor and set up a hospital bed with Raymond as the injured patient - a camouflage for their real purposes.The purest dreams of the couple, both ""broken blossoms"", are destroyed by sordid reality of racism.[The film""s tale, in part, inspired director Federico Fellini""s classic dramaLa Strada (1954)with three similar character roles.