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Father’s Day Celebration of Movie Dads #1

Gina Telaroli June 11, 2008 | 5:32 pm EST

Father’s Day is quickly approaching so for the next few days leading up to the Sunday celebration, I’m going to do little profiles on my favorite movie dads - and by favorite I don’t necessarily mean the “best” by conventional standards. On Sunday I’ll compile them into a easily digestible Top 10 List (with new numbers). For now, here’s my one of my all time favorite movie dads:

Harry Powell in The Night of the Hunter

He may have married into the family, but Preacher Powell is one of the most terrifying and yet captivating fathers I have ever seen on on film. His quest to find out where an his prison mate (who gets killed) hid the money he stole leads Powell to the Harper family, where he marries the new widow and in turn terrorizes the children with his screwed up version of Christianity. The use of shadow and music are also outstanding and hypnotic in the best way possible.

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