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Probably [[Robert Mitchum]]'s best-known performance was in this extremely creepy suspense-horror film from 1955. It's the one where he has "Love" and "Hate" [[Knuckle Tattoos|tattooed across his knuckles]]. He plays Harry Powell, a preacher and psychotic serial murderer who one day gets married to Willa Harper, newly widowed and mother of two. Willa's previous husband has just been hanged for robbing a bank and killing two men in the process, and Harry is hoping to get his hands on the hidden money. And then it gets really messed-up.
One of the all-time classics of American cinema, and [[Charles Laughton]]'s [[One
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* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Pretty much everyone except Rachel {{spoiler|and even she admits she "lost her son's love" a long time ago.}}
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* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: The adorably quaint little town.
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: With [[Lampshade Hanging]]
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* [[Only Sane Man]]: John Harper, although even he has his crazy moments. Mr. Spoon sometimes has moments, but his wife is swift to fix ''that''.
** Rachel Cooper, smart enough to see the inconsistencies in Powell's sob story, smart enough to pull a shotgun on him.
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* [[They Look Just Like Everyone Else]]: Harry Powell.
* [[Torches and Pitchforks]]: The film's climax has the Spoons leading an angry lynch mob against Powell.
* [[Why Did You Make Me Hit You?]]
* [[You're Not My Father]]
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