Mitchum was a self admitted CRIMINAL before Hollywood. I suppose at some point, Hollywood decided REAL criminals made better heroes AND criminals in movies. ANyway, I saw it on vintage Johnny Carson not too long ago.
He was famously busted for smoking marijuana. Maybe that's where he got those sleepy, dopey eyes.
In Cape Fear of 1962 he played a pedophile: "In one scene, Cady lewdly gawks at a swimsuit-clad Nancy at the pool, and remarks to Bowden that his daughter is “almost as juicy as your wife.”
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thebearfromstartrack ago
Mitchum was a self admitted CRIMINAL before Hollywood. I suppose at some point, Hollywood decided REAL criminals made better heroes AND criminals in movies. ANyway, I saw it on vintage Johnny Carson not too long ago.
sore_ass_losers ago
He was famously busted for smoking marijuana. Maybe that's where he got those sleepy, dopey eyes.
In Cape Fear of 1962 he played a pedophile: "In one scene, Cady lewdly gawks at a swimsuit-clad Nancy at the pool, and remarks to Bowden that his daughter is “almost as juicy as your wife.”
https://spectrumculture.com/2012/06/10/re-makere-model-cape-fear-1962-vs-cape-fear-1991/
Also played a molesting stepfather in Secret Ceremony:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063571/reviews
Also Night of the Hunter: "Part religious fanatic and part pedophile, quoting scripture on his way to murder..."
https://thefilmspectrum.com/?p=21025
thebearfromstartrack ago
Also was in reform school before he ever got to hollywood. You can TELL he's a real thug. It's not acting.