In the film""s final confrontation between Rudd, Vorstedt, and the two cops, Riggs was forced to fight hand-to-hand against Vorstedt, who had stabbed him in the leg with a knife.]Incredibly, the disturbing, complex film that was devoid of Oscars was nominated for only one Academy Award - for Gordon McDonell""s Original Story.A pulled-back camera view shows Tara and a colorful, flaming sunset sky.Max Steiner""s musical score "Tara""s Theme" swells magnificently.Ellen Robillard O""Hara (Barbara O""Neil) comes home after acting as a mid-wife, returning from the bedside of her overseer""s "poor white trash" mistress Emmy Slattery (Isabel Jewell), who has just given birth to a baby that "mercifully" died.The announcer on the taxi""s radio reported on a "major disturbance" in the Bay Area affecting areas including the Zoo and the Golden Gate Bridge, with "widespread damage and some reported injuries.