Claim: In Hold Back the Night, Sam MacKenzie refused to marry his girl Anne before deployment as he does not want to risk making her a widow but was disgusted to find Anne having a major as an admirer in his return.
Evidence: The film tells the story in flashbacks of a bottle of scotch carried by a World War II Marine lieutenant and Korean War captain, Sam MacKenzie. She asks him to marry her before he ships out to the fighting, but he does not want to risk making her a widow. When he returns to Anne, he is disgusted to find she has acquired a major as an admirer.