| Vincent, The Islen character is based on Senator Joe McCarthy, always a punching bag for liberal Hollywood writers in the 1950s and 1960s. But the ironic thing about the movie is that their McCarthy character is going to be a Communist stooge once elected. Go figure. About the only other thing the movie did was introduce actor Keigh Deigh (sp) to the audience as a diehard "Commie" villian, and from that he went on to a long continuing role as a Red Chinese spy in the TV series "Hawaii 5-0". Cookie Sewell AMPS |