" The camera tracks behind the beloved Dodsworth as he walks among the workers, assembled to bid him goodbye ("I hate to see you go, Sam").The film was also strongly influenced by director George Pal""sConquest of Space (1955), and was similar in some plot elements that were referenced by Kubrick.One parader carries a sign: "Berlin or Bust - We""ll Knock the L out of Berlin."That evening, after Jim returns home and is dropped off by his buddies, his mother embraces him with worry.[The greatest difficulty with the film was that five alternative endings were shot (or created in the editing room), and it was undecided how the film would conclusively end.We""ve only just met.Female: No, we haven""t met.You""ve never seen me.She ran off down the length of the meadow - and it appeared that her male companion had disappeared from the park.