Robert Mitchum plays Reverend Harry Powell in which 1955 film?
Reverend Harry Powell lip. "Ren & Stimpy" creator John Kricfalusi calls "The Night of the Hunter" his favorite film. Reverend Harry Powell Reverend Harry Powell is a fictional character in Davis Grubb's 1953 novel "The Night of the Hunter". He was portrayed by Robert Mitchum in Charles Laughton's 1955 film adaptation, and by Richard Chamberlain in the 1991 made for TV remake. He was voted 29th on the American Film Institute's top 50 villains of all time list. Powell is a self declared itinerant preacher, who is also a con artist, and serial killer. He has the words "LOVE" tattooed on the knuckles
Robert Mitchum his marks, and go home". Mitchum had a habit of marking most of his appearances in the script with the letters "n.a.r.", which meant "no action required", which critic Dirk Baecker has construed as Mitchum's way of reminding himself to experience the world of the story without acting upon it. AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars lists Mitchum as the 23rd-greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema. AFI also recognized his performance as the menacing rapist Max Cady and Reverend Harry Powell as the 28th and 29th greatest screen villains, respectively, of all time as part of AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and