"The Biscuit Eater," in which Billy Lee starred and for which he received universal plaudits from the critics, was selected as one of the year's ten best films by the National Board of Review in 1940. It was among a very select company. On that same year's '10 Best List' were such other lauded films as: "Gone with the Wind," "The Grapes of Wrath," Disney's "Fantasia," Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," "Of Mice & Men," and "Rebecca.".