..because he forgot to kill me...It emphasized the film""s uncompromising and grim story of an iron-willed, driven, dedicated, honest, incorruptible homicide detective (Glenn Ford) within a crooked and perverted society that is corrupt system at all levels (e.This sentimental film, Ford""s first ""romantic love story,"" received a total of seven Academy Awards nominations (including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor - Victor McLaglen, Best Screenplay - Frank Nugent, Best Art Direction, and Best Sound) and won two Oscars: Best Cinematography - Winton Hoch and Archie Stout, and Ford (at 57 years of age) won his fourth and final Best Director Oscar, establishing a record that is still unbeaten.BackgroundThe Talk of the Town(1942) is a classic romantic comedy/drama of the 1940s from producer/director George Stevens and Columbia Pictures.Sandy offers to show him the woman""s apartment building that is close by, further encouraging his curiosity and ultimately leading him into contact with the "woman singer.