Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te timatanga o te tau 1949 i whakarite a Norma Productions i tetahi kirimana pikitia e toru me Warner Brothers Pictures, na Hecht katoa i whakaputa me te whetu a Lancaster. Ko te pikitia whakatuwhera ko "The Flame and the Arrow", he Technicolor swashbuckler na Jacques Tourneur i whakahaere. I whakaatuhia e te kiriata nui-paetahi etahi o nga ingoa nui mai i te Warner Brothers i taua wa, tae atu ki a Virginia Mayo (hou mai i "White Heat") hei wahine rangatira me Max Steiner (i rongonui mo "Casablanca" me "Gone with the Wind") i utua ki te tuhi i te puoro puoro. I tukuna a "The Flame and the Arrow" i te raumati o te tau 1950 a ka noho ko ia tētahi o ngā kaituku moni nui rawa o te tau, e rua ngā whakaingoa i te 23rd Academy Awards
Ko tetahi mo te Tohu Whakaata Pai rawa atu (Max Steiner), tetahi atu mo te Whakaata Ataahua Pai rawa atu (Ernest Haller).