 Wise's use and mention of time in this film would echo in later noir films such as Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing" (1956) and Quentin Tarantino’s "Pulp Fiction" (1994).In the 1950s, he proved adept in several genres, including science fiction in "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951); melodrama in "So Big" (1953); Western in "Tribute to a Bad Man" (1956), starring James Cagney; fictionalized biography in the boardroom drama "Executive Suite" (1954); and the epic "Helen of Troy" (1955) based on Homer's "The Illiad".