[Note: Film-makers Joel and Ethan Coen paid homage to Sturges and his admirable film by naming their own 21st century filmO Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)?] After some failed attempts dressed as a hobo and companionship on the road with an aspiring blonde actress simply called The Girl (Veronica Lake in her second picture following her work inI Wanted Wings (1941)) and wearing boy""s clothes, he succeeded in losing his freedom, identity and name, health, pride and money...Take your ass in the back of the garage with Nora! That""s your job! Go back there with Nora and help her ass out!.In a Treadstone Safe House in Paris, CIA logistics coordinator and operative Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) aided the effort.Peter escaped back into the ventilation shaft when the power went out, and although he was detected by a few of the bikers, he continued shooting at them and effectively picking them off one by one.BackgroundSullivan""s Travels(1941) is generally considered one of celebrated writer/director Preston Sturges"" greatest dramatic comedies - and a satirical statement of his own director""s creed.