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I can still sing the lyrics to that song ... learned it back in the 60s ... can't get it out of my head.

Mrs. Liberal & I are huge Robert Mitchum fans.
 
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In the 1960s often traveled Kingston Pike when heading west out of Knoxville.

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The film was based loosely on an incident in which a driver transporting moonshine was said to have crashed to his death on Kingston Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee between Bearden Hill and Morrell Road. Per Metro Pulse writer Jack Renfro, the incident occurred in 1952 and may have been witnessed by James Agee, who passed the story on to Mitchum.

I recall Mitchum in the original CAPE FEAR
 
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Great movie. Mitchum's oldest son played the part of his Brother.
 
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I honestly remember my favorite line from the movie, just don't remember who said it, just that it was a young guy, probably hungry and in a hurry. His mealtime blessing: "Good bread, good meat, good God, let's eat!" Mitchum backhands him for that.
 
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