An isotope analysis of the surrounding ice bores suggests that an object had been trapped in the glacier for over 18,000 years.Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.Wherefore by their fruits, ye shall know them.The camera then tracks after an open touring Essex car [stolen], a Model T driven down a country road by a sinister, crazed, malevolent, black-cloaked, wide-brimmed and hatted ""Preacher"" Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum), one of the ""false prophets.She appears sweet and vivacious as well.At the water well, she hums a tune and asks the birds: "Want o know a secret? Promise not to tell? We are standing by a wishing well.He escorts the rich millionaire (the first of many in the film) - an eccentric, bespectacled, hard of hearing man dubbed the "Wienie King" (Robert Dudley) and his wife (Esther Howard) down the hallway, while she apologizes about her husband""s deafness.