Aaron Tracy

He tells Barry Farrell that there was something that had a huge influence on him during the war.

It was called McRobert's Reply.

Dahl comes up with his own version of this.

He dedicates his masterpiece, The BFG, to Olivia.

The book was inspired by a story he would tell Olivia at night while she fell asleep.

Now millions of other children benefit from it.

It's not exactly a sterling bomber to avenge his child's death, but it is his own defiant reply to loss, transforming grief into wonder.

Ensuring that while one little girl's laughter was silenced, countless others will echo, thanks to the pages he writes in her memory.

Okay, it's 1965 now.

Dahl has lost a daughter.

He has a son who's in and out of the hospital.

His writing is not going well.

He still hasn't found his voice or his audience.

But at least he's got his wife, right?

Again, hold on tight.

Just a few years after Olivia's death, Neil lands a huge acting job.

It's the lead in a studio film being directed by one of Hollywood's all-time legends, four-time Best Director winner John Ford.

That was director Peter Bogdanovich from a documentary called Directed by John Ford.

The movie Ford wants Patricia Neal to star in will be his final film.

He's retiring, even though he's less than a decade removed from some of his best work, like The Searchers and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.