 United Artists backed Preminger in his decision to release the movie without Breen's approval.In 1954, the same year he retired, in responding to these events in an interview with Aline Mosby, Breen claimed that "[A]fter the events of the past 10 months — "The French Line", "The Moon is Blue" and Goldwyn — the code is more entrenched than ever before.Those events brought tremendous support from groups all over the country."