 This vignette reunited Henry Hathaway and Richard Widmark who'd worked together on the noir classic "Kiss of Death" (1947).Widmark's character in "The Clarion Call", "Johnny Kernan", is actually a reprise of his Oscar-nominated character "Tommy Udo" from "Kiss of Death".Widmark's Udo/Kernan character was inspired by his love of "Batman" comics' "The Joker".