Below are all possible answers to this clue ordered by its rank. Harry Powell ( Robert Mitchum) is a demented itinerant evangelist during the Depression who uses his tattooed fingers (HATE on one hand, LOVE on the other) to demonstrate his sermons. We think the likely answer to this clue is AGEE. Mitchum's preacher becomes increasingly unhinged as his patience wears thin, and his menacing performance scared the hell out of an entire generation of moviegoers, and many people have called The Night of the Hunter one of the scariest films they've ever seen. 'The Night Of The Hunter' Screenwriter James Crossword Clue The crossword clue 'The Night of the Hunter' screenwriter James with 4 letters was last seen on the January 02, 2020. During a stint in jail, the preacher learns that his cell mate has $10,000 stashed somewhere after the cell mate dies and the preacher gets out, he goes looking for the money, conning the cell mate's widow into a relationship and trying to coax the location of the cash out of her two young children. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters, are uncovered by her terrified young children. This best-selling novel, first published in 1953 to wide acclaim by author Grubb, (who like Powers lived in Clarksburg, West Virginia), served as the basis for Charles Laughtons noir classic. The 1955 film, which is based on a novel by author David Grubb, follows a sociopathic preacher who travels the country marrying women for their money, murdering them, and then moving on to the next town. Director Charles Laughton Screenwriter James Agee Author Davis Grubb David Grubb Actor Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell. Inspired by serial killer Harry Powers, 'The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell,' who was hung in 1932 for his murders of two widows and three children.
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