But its critical reviews were mixed (as was Steinbeck""s book, which was repeated banned or challenged because of its profanity and subject matter).[Some considered Bergman""s Oscar win, her first of three career wins, as a consolation prize for her loss the previous year forFor Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)and as a reward for her starring role in the Best PictureCasablanca (1942).[These scenes are excerpted from the final sequence in the film.]Everything is told through the eyes of an admiring youngChroniclenewspaperman, Jack Burden (John Ireland), who is sent to report on a Southern politician named Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford) - said to reportedly be "an honest man" by Burden""s city editor Madison (Houseley Stevenson).Arriving on their floor in the up elevator, his would-be assassins join them in the crowded down elevator.Stuart and Esperanza escaped.Major Grant was angered by McClane""s actions, telling him: "You""re the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time.