When she bursts through the front door (screen right) of her modest home, the drab, shabby accommodations of her family are revealed.The screenplay, written by screenwriter Robert Riskin, was derived from a 1939 film treatment, titledThe Life and Death of John Doe, written by Richard Connell and Robert Presnell (the recipients of the film""s sole Academy Awards nomination for Best Original Story).His target-practice ""You talkin"" to me?"" monologue before a mirror remains one of the best known sequences in film history.I will bleed on the flag to make sure the stripes stay red."When Brassel left the room, Musgrave told Hunt that he tended to agree with Brassel: "Brassel""s right.