Miniver (1942),The Lost Weekend (1945), andGentleman""s Agreement (1947).This was the third of three films that Cary Grant made with Stevens, followingGunga Din (1939), andPenny Serenade (1941)(for which Grant received his first of two Best Actor career nominations).[An exhausted Lori had a momentary nightmare, when she dozed off in the group, in which she believed that she was going to be offered as a "real virgin" sacrifice for Freddy.Its budget of slightly less than $1 million brought in almost $10 million at he box-office.Boris Kaufman""s gritty black and white cinematography was singled out as superior, and the film received a phenomenal number of Academy Award nominations - twelve.The film has some similarities to director Michelangelo Antonioni""s provocativeBlow-Up (1966), Brian DePalma""s thrillerBlow Out (1981), Tony Scott""sEnemy of the State (1998), and Gore Verbinski""sThe Ring (2002).Even Stickel announced: "I knew he""d make it." With only five minutes left, Ethan gave a distress call to his team members, and then crashed out of a window halfway down the side of the building, rather than exiting from the roof.