" Ted settled into his seat when his elderly, sex-crazed female seat-mate (Ann Nelson - credited as Hanging Lady for good reason) noticed his anxiety as she glanced a few times at his crotch, and began questioning him:Hanging Lady: Nervous?Ted: Yes.[The entire sequence was a foreshadowing of the exciting conclusion of the film when the President was also confronted with a real global crisis of nuclear war.The film""s poster emphasized:HE IS AFRAID.HE IS TOTALLY ALONE.HE IS 3,000,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME.The film""s bittersweet themes include discovery, rescue, and escape, much like thePeter Panmyth (included in the film).Its heme of an oppressed people""s epic move to a new home parallels he Biblical story of Exodus.Their family name, Joad, also evokes he Biblical character of Job.Nunnally Johnson""s screenplay is remarkably faithful o its Steinbeck source material.Not present in the novel or the screenplay is a tacked-on ending in the film that optimistically and sentimentally affirms the strength and human dignity of the individual spirit.