The men must ask permission, e.g., "Takin"" it off, boss," when they want to do something out of the ordinary, such as remove articles of clothing in the heat." The elegram (and Bill""s reaction) hints at the separation that young Steamboat Bill (Willie) Canfield Jr.Terry meets the sister of the murdered union worker when he grabs a tab that Edie""s father had seen first.Miller (who was co-author ofThe Sea Hawk (1940), another Flynn swashbuckler).The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Interior Direction (Carl J.Weyl), Best Original Score (Erich Wolfgang Korngold), Best Film Editing (Ralph Dawson), and Best Picture, and lost only its Best Picture recognition to Frank Capra""sYou Can""t Take It With You (1938).The two fugitives took a non-stop flight (!) (American 167) to Manila from New York""s JFK, as the CIA followed all leads o intensify their pursuit of them, after a 17 hour head-start.