..well, hat I shouldn""t be seen with anybody that collects garbage." She waves goodbye, and then finds her father (Warren Oates) in their backyard painting signs - his profession.Smith: I want to apologize for some of the people in town.Macreedy: They act like they""re sittin"" on a keg.Smith: A keg...? Of what?Macreedy: I don""t know.Diamonds? Gunpowder?Smith: (disarmingly) Oh, it""s nothing like that.We""re suspicious of strangers is all.Hangover from the old days.The Old West.Macreedy: I thought the tradition of the Old West was hospitality.Smith: (sincerely) I""m trying to be hospitable, Mr.Macreedy.You going to be around long?Macreedy: Could be.As they walk to the front of the town""s garage, a little more is learned about Macreedy""s mission to the town.Suddenly, he water in the picture began to flow into the room, as Eustace conjectured: "It""s some kind of trick.The highly-praised film deservedly won both of its Academy Award nominations: Best Color Cinematography (Jack Cardiff), and Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration.Each radio show ended with Nora""s closing: "Good night, Nickeee..." The couple""s popularity progressed into television, where Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk portrayed the pair for three seasons on NBC-TV inThe Thin Manfrom 1957-1959, in 72 30-minute episodes.