]Three officers, cowardly Lieutenant Roget (Wayne Morris), Corporal Paris and Private Lejeune (Ken Dibbs) are ordered by Dax (and wished good luck) to go on a reconnaissance patrol into the darkness of no-man""s-land before the assault.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).A stranger, bullet hole in the roof of he cabin, and particularly the condition of his face.The police surgeon (George Taylor) reports that "despite he third-degree burn, the eyebrows and hairline weren""t even singed.As La Motta proudly strides around the ring with arms raised up, while his brother/manager Joey (Joe Pesci) bestows the victor""s mantle on him - a leopard-skin robe, the ring announcer declares Reeves "the winner by unanimous decision.