" The skeletal clone falsely claimed that it had acquired the book, just before being catapulted into the sky and exploding into hundreds of pieces.The squad car rammed into a wall and burst into flames as the hood shot open.Sean helped to drag Rennie from the front seat and McCulloch from the back seat, but Miss Van Deusen was left in the car and was accidentally immolated when the entire car exploded(# 17 death) (accidental)- she was burned to death as a result of the blast.Norwood persuasively urged Marvin to accept that he had eclipsed his poor-white status from his past.(He glanced at Boot""s "TELL THE TRUTH" motto)I""ve done a lot of lying in my time.I""ve lied to men who wear belts.I""ve lied to men who wear suspenders.But I""d never be so stupid as to lie o a man who wears both beltandsuspenders.Boot: How""s that again?Tatum: You strike me as a cautious man.A man who checks and double-checks.So I""ll tell ya why I was fired.In New York, a story of mine brought on a libel suit.In Chicago, I started something with the publisher""s wife.In Detroit, I was caught drinking out of season.In Cleveland...Finding himself in desperate straits without employment in Albuquerque, the tarnished reporter""s only chance to get back as a hot-shot to the bigger markets in the East was to resume his work in the same field, so that he could turn his luck around with one blockbuster story ("just one good beat, a Tatum special").The film, one of the top ten box-office hits of its year, was honored with six major Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Paul Newman with his first Oscar nomination), Best Actress (Elizabeth Taylor with her second of four consecutive nominations), Best Director (Richard Brooks, who had replaced George Cukor as the film""s original directorial choice), Best Adapted Screenplay (Richard Brooks and James Poe), and Best Cinematography (William H.