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.Doves were released as they stepped from their carriage - and revealed that they were both ogres, causing the fanfare and cheering to abruptly stop.Surrounded by the two cops, he is grilled and forced to repeat that Miles was tailing Thursby for an unnamed client."Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)With no Academy Awards Oscar nominations.With a production budget of $35 million, and box-office gross receipts of $145 million (domestic) and $322 million (worldwide).[Note: On the sidewalk, director Hitchcock made his customary cameo appearance, passing by Jones while reading a newspaper.