The scene was played to the sound of a cassette tape of Bellini's Italian operatic ariaNorma.The female was wearing a white tank top, and was glimpsed through an apartment window in golden light.After he arrived home late, he apologized to his Aunt and Uncle.The next morning, he located the spider that bit him (and kept it in a small bottle), and was worried about the after-effects of the spider-bite.Tierney lost to a deserving Joan Crawford for her comeback role inMildred Pierce (1945).The other two nominations were for Best Sound Recording and Best Color Art Direction/Interior Decoration...You're a detective, darling, but she didn't kill him." Their conversation turns to her concern about the many risky predicaments he often finds himself enmeshed in - but he evades her devoted worry:Do the police really think you shot this 'what's-his-name'? Do they? Look at me, Sam.