It was shot for a production budget of roughly $15 million in 55 days.The drama took in $130 million in revenue (domestic) and $356.3 million (worldwide) and was the 13th highest-ranked film of its year.The film""s setting was the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois (based on the presence of area codes 312 and 847, and aChicago Sun Timesnewspaper, plus other signifiers) although the film was shot in the Sacramento, California area.The cast credits (shown above a wintry Alaska blizzard scene) - with only technical and production categories, uniquely excluded any mention of the acting cast members (a group of mostly unknown performers).Its emotional impact is shaped by the unique perspective of the narrator - a typical teenager elling the tale out of her own youthful concerns (having fun, her uncertain future), combining her beliefs about the dual contradictory nature of humanity ("you just got half-devil and half-angel in ya"), and imaginative and fearsome fantasies of religious judgment and divine retribution (the flaming end of the world, and he Devil""s presence on Earth).He glanced to his left to see many black rubber body bags being transported on the back of a jeep-driven cart, to be loaded onto the plane, as novice recruit Gardner""s (Bob Orwig) dismayed voice was heard: "Oh, man! Is that what I think it is?"A commanding officer called the newbies "cheese-dicks," welcomed them to ""Nam, and ordered them to follow.(The 48-minute TV comedy-drama was originally presented on NBC-TV""s "Philco-Goodyear Playhouse" series on May 24, 1953 as a 60-minute broadcast, with leads Rod Steiger and Nancy Marchand, during a period now recognized as the "Golden Age of Television.