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Outrage! (1986) | Beau Bridges Robert Preston Linda Purl

Robert Preston portrays a father who takes justice into his own hands after his daughter has been brutally raped and murdered...

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Now a star of the first magnitude, Preston alternated between stage and film, winning another Tony for I Do, I Do and appearing to enormous good effect in such films as The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960), All the Way Home (1963) and Junior Bonner (1972).
He was nominated for an Oscar® in 1983 for his turn as Toddy opposite Julie Andrews in the film Victor Victoria.
1942–1945: Military service. World War II interrupted Preston's Paramount assignments. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the United States Army Air Forces and served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. 9th Air Force with the 386th Bombardment Group (Medium).
Robert Preston claimed that he got the role of Harold Hill despite his limited singing range because, when he went to audition, they were having the men sing Trouble. The producers felt it would be the most difficult song to sing, but with his acting background, it was the easiest for Preston.
The Music Man Starring Robert Preston. At the end of the musical, the two lead characters, who were at first seemingly opposites, are joined in love. Preston, who had rarely sung in public before The Music Man, was 39 years old when he created the role of Harold Hill.