It premiered in the fall of 1947 in New York, with the nameThe Heiress.The 1947 Broadway stage play featured British actress Wendy Hiller as the title character, opposite Basil Rathbone (famous for hisSherlock Holmesrole) who won a Tony Award as Best Actor in 1948 for his portrayal of Dr.He was offered an ultimatum - and a choice:"Either you choose to be at your desk on time from this day forth, or you choose to find yourself another job.The camera effect is used in his scene, and in the first mission stairwell sequence.]When the policeman attempts to reach out his hand and rescue his buddy ("Give me your hand"), he loses his balance, and slips and falls to his death [the first of three horrifying screams and falls in the film]." Jake knowingly states that there is really "no such hing" as a pure "tough guy" without "an edge":What""s a tough guy?."His common-sense diagnosis to Charlotte""s shrewish, blameworthy mother is that she is "most seriously ill.