The film was best remembered for a number of memorable scenes or set-pieces, including a political assassination in the rain on the steps of the Amsterdam Town Hall (and the assassin""s escape trail shot from a high-angle and visible hrough a sea of umbrellas in the public square, copied by Claude Chabrol""sLe Boucher (1970, Fr.It remains - to date - theonlyfilm o win Best Picture without having any other nominations.WithWings (1927/28)andDriving Miss Daisy (1989), it was also among a group of Best Picture winners whose director wasn""t also nominated.During the search to find the treasure, accomplice Tex Panthollow suddenly realizes (in a creatively-filmed sequence) at a Thursday outdoor stamp fair market that Charles must have bought expensive rare stamps there and placed them on an envelope to hide his $250,000 worth of treasure.Their brief, nearly one-sided conversation expresses their volatility, their small-mindedness, their opposite natures (one eerily silent, the other hyper-talkative) and their quick-to-anger potential:Carl: Hey, look at that.