Smiley Bates prompted other recording ventures. When the Instrumental hit "Duelling Banjos" from the film "Deliverance" was popular, Smiley, on Flat-Top Guitar, was teamed with Eddie Poirier on 5-String Banjo. Though he had not seen the film, it only took a couple of tries to arrive at an arrangement, which, while not representative of Smiley's recording output, was nevertheless a commercial success. A further album was issued with Eddie and Smiley, and based upon its success, the two teamed up with Rose (Eddie's wife) to record another big-selling Bluegrass album, titled "The Best of Bluegrass". To illustrate how successful Smiley's recordings were,
Fear in the Night (1972 film) to set the scene for the story proper, but the film never again recovers from the icy, morbid impression of its opening. David Huckvale, author of "Hammer Films' Psychological Thrillers, 1950-1972", compared the film's treatment of flashback and time to "Parsifal", and claims that the film operates as a "series of essays on nostalgia"— "The plot of "Fear in the Night" depends on Peggy's vulnerability caused by [...] trauma, and much of the film's dramatic tension is built upon her anxiety that the past is "not" over and done with." Huckvale also draws comparisons on the character of Molly Carmichael