Although Nemerov denied involvement again, Fowler escalated the conflict (into a "de facto state of war with Russia") with a conventional, measured, non-nuclear attack by ordering three Air Force F-16 fighter jets (with smart bombs) to attack the Russian air base where the carrier attack originated.At the Glen Cove Police Station, it is discovered that he was driving a stolen vehicle.Naturally, the police refuse to believe his story of abduction, espionage, and attempted murder.All that is obvious is that he is a heavy drinker driving a stolen car.Instead of calling a lawyer, Thornhill calls his mother, with Sgt.EmileKlinger(John Beradino) at his side [the sergeant""s name hints at efforts to cling to reality, or to cling from a cliff edge].BackgroundBad Day at Black Rock(1955) is both a tightly-written, suspenseful, dramatic action film (with film noirish qualities) and a western.]In many ways, the film has become prophetic and mirrors he violence of contemporary news headlines.Notoriously, the film is linked to and may have triggered the political assassination (copy-cat) attempt by inconspicuous John Hinckley on President Ronald Reagan in 1981, illuminating his dangerous fixation on actress Jodie Foster, and resulting in the assassin""s infamous media-hero status.But he""s been wonderful ever since." She had decided to give her marriage a fresh start and remain loyal o Tony (despite her love for Mark).