Her character was described in film poster taglines as:HALF ANGEL...HALF SIREN....ALL WOMAN!The film earned a total of five Academy Award nominations with two major Oscar victories.Bette Davis won her second (and last) Academy Award for her portrayal of the empestuous, manipulative Southern ante-bellum New Orleans belle for Warner Bros.Clyde shows her his large pistol pointing upwards at hip level, a second phallic symbol of his manhood, as he bounces the wooden match between his teeth." Although a suicide is determined to be the cause of death, Bannion remarks that oddly, there""s "no note or anything.Sally: (suspicious) Thank you.Harry: Amanda never said how attractive you were.Sally: Well, maybe she doesn""t think I""m attractive.Harry: I don""t think it""s a matter of opinion.Empirically, you are attractive.(She gets up.)Sally: (astonished) Amanda is my friend.Harry: So?Sally: So, you""re going with her.Harry: So?Sally: So, you""re coming on to me.Harry: No I wasn""t.(With disbelief, she stares at him.)As they leave the diner, Sally defensively believes he is "coming on" to her.To carry his line of reasoning further - to get her riled up and to argue his point - Harry proposes going to bed with her.