Phelps claimed that he had been diverted for fly-fishing to Ireland -- so that they could impersonate him at the reception." He also advises Prewitt, the ""hardhead,"" about how he should go along with the system and not champion the principle of individualism ("A man don""t go his own way, he""s nothin"""):Warden: You know what you did just now when you turned down dynamite Holmes? You put your head in a noose...I just lied." To her shock, Riggs assented and then proposed, but she further insisted that they must have a ceremony: "I am getting married or there is no baby.It told of a ""Vietnamese-style"" heroic conflict on a distant colony betweeen heavily-armed Marines and a unbeatable enemy alien.The Dutch girl""s adoptive mother (Mary Field) apologized: "I""m sorry, she doesn""t speak English, she""s Dutch.