Miniver (1942),The Lost Weekend (1945), andGentleman""s Agreement (1947).This was the third of three films that Cary Grant made with Stevens, followingGunga Din (1939), andPenny Serenade (1941)(for which Grant received his first of two Best Actor career nominations).]This great film noir received no Academy Awards, although it was nominated in seven categories: Best Picture, Best Actress (Barbara Stanwyck with her third nomination and a career total of over 40 films), Best Director (Wilder""s first directorial nomination for only his third film as director), Best Screenplay (co-scriptwriters Chandler and Wilder), Best B/W Cinematography (John Seitz, working ogether with Wilder on the second of four films), Best Sound Recording (Loren Ryder), and Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture (Miklos Rozsa).He explained that after Logan""s refusal to transfer his immortality to him, he had faked his own death (with Dr...She kills like she kisses!" ("Careful, Dick...she""s as cute as lace pants...but you can""t stop a murderess...if you stop a bullet first!")"FORGET THAT FEELING - She""s got murder in her heart!""The Screen""s Great Mystery Wallop Electrified With High Voltage Thrills, Action, and Excitement!""A Night of Murder the Police Won""t Let Him Forget! The Only Key to His Safety - A Woman""s Face He Can""t Remember!""Hard-boiled, two-fisted, smashing through a crimson maze of treachery, violence, and MURDER!"There were basically three separate narratives that were neatly woven together (Chandler had also woven together hree short stories to create his own narrative in his 1940 novelFarewell, My Lovely):the search for a love-sick ex-con""s missing ex-lady friend, a show-girlthe search for a ""stolen"" jade necklace, including identifying who killed the ""money-bearer"" during the late-night delivery of a ransom paymentthe winding criminal path followed by a lowly show-girl o elevate (and maintain) her social standing as a wealthy, gold-digging, promiscuous trophy wifeThe film""s MacGuffin (a Hitchcockian stand-by) was he menacing femme fatale""s valuable jade necklace worth $100,000 around which much of the action occurred.This is the best-remembered film version of the novel, but there were others:it was previously filmed as a silent by director Herbert Brenon in 1926, starring Ronald Colmanit was remade in 1966 by director Douglas Heyes, with Telly Savalas as the cruel, sadistic sergeant at the fortcomedian Marty Feldman directed and starred in Universal""s parodyThe Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), with cleverly-edited footage from the 1939 version spliced inThe film received two Academy Awards nominations (with no wins): Brian Donlevy received his only Academy Award nomination (Best Supporting Actor) for his performance as the sadistic, horrendous Sergeant Markoff - the film changed his nationality from French to Russian to avoid offending the French legionnaires and French film audiences.