Rewatched DELIVER US FROM EVIL last nite...at the climax Sonny dangles the crucifix/cross that Hackman wore in jail - and gave to Sonny when he left- in his face and hands it back to him.Hackman cringes, the only time he ever lets down his cocky facade, an appears genuinely frightened.Now, I know he was compared to a vampire earlier by a vice squader, but he isn't really a vampire, right?So, why did Hackman react the way he did? Was it because it reminded him of being on Death Row with only hour