Ryan learned that the DEA was still trying to determine the identity of Escobedo""s Intelligence Officer.The film resembled, in part, aspects ofThe Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)and Hitchcock""sNorth by Northwest (1959), and various portions and themes ofClose Encounterswould be repeated in Spielberg""sE.The first was nasty, long blonde-haired henchman Karl Vreski (Alexander Godunov), who shot the front-desk officer and security guard.As the two presidents later met to sign a non-proliferation treaty in Moscow, the conspirators were dealt with: Olson""s throat was slit by John Clark, traitorous General Dubinin was shot by Russian agents in a snowy forest as he fled, and Dressler was killed by a car bomb outside his home, triggered by his cigarette lighter (as Grushkov looked on).The announcer referred to the challenger as "The Clone Ranger" due to his Rocky-like style of fighting.