 This is one of the films that George Lucas (qv) used clips from to  edit the rough cut of _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv) (which utilizes many  features of the finale of this film quite closely, notably the  briefing, the ground staff waiting for news, the troika formation of  the attacking aircraft and so on). In Addition, the following  exchange from this film is reproduced almost verbatim (with the  exception of the characters names) in "Star Wars": Gibson: "How  many guns dyou think there are, Trevor?" Trevor: "Id say theres  about 10 guns 