] Atypical forfilm noirs, the main protagonist in the film is a female - but she is typically brought down by afemme fatale- her own daughter.In his fighter, Luke descended into the cloud-covered atmosphere of Dagobah, after determining it had "massive life-form readings," but no cities or technology.He admitted that he was slack in his reporting - only sending back drab press releases:They haven""t caught onto me yet.The drab, gritty black and white cinematography of the expressionistic film emphasized the menacing, warping, and harrowing power of alcohol, as some of the booze-soaked scenes were shot through or in the presence of numerous whiskey bottles and shot glasses.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).