When he kissed his wife goodbye, she asked: "What should I tell your men when they find out you're gone?" He turned and assured her: "I'll be back." Adair comments on the construction magnate's former position in town: "An hour ago, Rudy Linnekar had this town in his pocket.After a few weeks of receiving harassing phone calls from a "nutcase," Heather said that they had stopped, but she was still fearful: "He's closer, if anything.It was considered for eight Academy Awards for the year 1943.[Actually, it should have competed againstMrs.Miniver (1942)(the Best Picture winner in the previous year), since it premiered in New York in November of that year.But I'll always, always be right here when you get back.And I'll make sure that nobody gets your toes." As she reached for a cup of coffee (at midnight) to keep awake, Dylan reached down for Rex - protectively next to his feet.