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Better than AFI’s Heroes and Villains: Villain #34

The character: Old Scratch The actor: Walter Huston The movie: The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) Within ten minutes of Faust, F.W. Murnau puts the image of Mephistopheles above and around an unsuspecting, celebrating town, with one wing rising to blot out the sun itself. It is, quite possibly, the most spellbinding film image of… Read More Better than AFI’s Heroes and Villains: Villain #34

July 30, 2026 Tim1 Comment

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