General Fogarty""s (David McMahon) office and living quarters.As Hendry left to answer he call, Scotty begged for help: "I gotta get a story someplace." In the office, Gen.Fogarty explained how there was a "queer" transmission from Dr.Carrington""s North Pole station 2,000 miles away that a strange aircraft had crashed near the research base:"Just got a queer message from your picnic party up north, from Dr.With a production budget of approximately $2.5 million, and box-office gross revenues of $25.5 million (domestic).Gorier and more violent (characteristic of splatter films rather than slasher films, with lots of random murders), and with more nudity, than the first film." Aaron""s incredulous reaction at the many freshly-minted double eagles suggests that Ethan may be a wanted man for robbing some Yankee banks during the war, or he may have received the money from another non-US government.He crash-landed in the Washington, DC area (it resembled his home planet of Earth in the past?), in the Mall""s reflecting pool, and came to rest on the front steps of the Lincoln Memorial.An American in Paris- andGigi (1958), were among Minnelli""s most successful films, and two rare nuggets of gold among MGM""s Golden Age of Musicals.