" Gordon ended the film with this voice-over:"Because he""s the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.) after a two year absence and slumping decline.[Note: The role was first considered by Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and Ann Sheridan.]Crawford won the film""s sole Academy Award Oscar (it was also her sole Academy Award win out of three career nominations) as Best Actress for her title role.This great trashy melodrama featured he bizarre (and sole) pairing of two legendary -- and rival -- screen legends in a gothic Grand Guignol horror film of crazed sibling rivalry.However, news of Spock""s successful destruction of the drill diverted Nero""s attention, and Kirk was able to kill Ayel, Nero""s first officer, with a point-blank blast from a pistol.