One of the jet fighters, piloted by feisty Blair Williams (Moon Bloodgood), was shot down by the H-K during the rescue mission, and she ejected into some dead power lines.The classic MGM, coming-of-age children""s film acquired four Academy Award nominations (Best Picture, Best Film Editing - Elmo Veron, and Best Screenplay - Marc Connolly, John Lee Mahin, Dale Van Every) with Spencer Tracy taking home his very first Best Actor Oscar (he experienced back-to-back wins when he also won Best Actor the following year forBoys Town (1938)) for his heart-warming performance.I""m going to bed." Rosa quipped almost humorously: "That""s big news! Where else could you go?"She stayed a while longer on the swinging porch couch o "cool off," but then moved to gaze up into the sky when she heard Latimer""s plane departing overhead...All aboard for Miami, Palm Beach and points south." His squash buddy Frank remarks that he looks awfully white after having spent "two weeks in Florida...But I do know one thing, it""s not to score touchdowns." On a short race up the road to the barn with Clark, Jonathan collapsed and died of a heart attack.At his father""s gravesite after the funeral, Clark anguished and mourned his father""s death: "All those things I can do, all those powers and I couldn""t even save him.