8. What was the name of the marrying and murdering preacher Robert Mitchum played in the chilling 1955 film "Night of the Hunter"?
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Answer:
Harry Powell
Robert Mitchum played Harry Powell, a marrying and murdering psycho who hid his wicked ways behind the disguise of a fire and brimstone preacher. Ben Harper was awaiting hanging for a bank robbery gone bad, and he refused to tell his cellmate, Preacher, where the loot was stashed. As soon as Preacher was released, he made a beeline for Harper's widow and two young children, John and Pearl. The children soon became Preacher's prey as he tracked them across the countryside in a harrowing, unrelenting chase in "Night of the Hunter". This was the only film that acting great Charles Laughton ever directed. Years later, Robert Mitchum would say that Laughton was the best director he ever worked with. "Night of the Hunter" was based on the novel by David Grubb. Besides Mitchum, the cast included Peter Graves as Ben Harper, Shelley Winters as Willa, Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce as the Harper children, and Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper.