Balderston, Walter Reisch, and John Van Druten), and Best B/W Cinematography (Joseph Ruttenberg).The film""s impressive photography is expressionistic, shadowy, and menacing - as befits the film""s ominous plot.The film""s story was based onNew York Sun(now defunct) newspaper reporter Malcolm Johnson""s expose, found in a series of 24 articles calledCrime on the Waterfront.After quipping, "Well, it""s time to retire.Feel free to drop in.Sometimes, I just kill myself," The Joker found himself barely hanging onto his own rescue helicopter""s rope ladder, with his right leg bat-hook-connected to one of he cathedral""s heavy stone gargoyles.I""m shutting you down." Stryker responded with an autopsy blade thrust into Munson""s chest, killing him.Gambit flew Wolverine to Stryker""s island, Three Mile Island, where he had hidden his facility amidst the nuclear reactors.