The Night of the Hunter

 
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The Night of the Hunter
Film Info

United States

1955

93 Min.

Cast & Credits

DIR Charles Laughton

PROD Paul Gregory

SCR James Agee, Davis Grubb

DP Stanley Cortez

CAST Shelley Winters, Robert Mitchum, Billy Chapin, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves, James Gleason, Don Beddoe, Evelyn Varden

Excerpt

Adapted by James Agee from a novel by Davis Grubb, The Night of the Hunter is legendary actor Charles Laughton’s only film directing effort; while combining stark realism with Germanic expressionism, the movie is a brilliant good-and-evil parable.

Reviews

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Bill 7:18pm December 17th, 2009
Great film and cinematography is top rate. Great performances by Shelly Winters, Robert Mitchum, and Lillian Gish. My favorite lines, though, are by Evelyn Varden (playing the part of Icey Spoons) near the end where she's got this crazed look in her eyes... "Satan hides behind the cross" and "“Lyyynnnch him! Lyyynnnch him!" Just priceless.
Sharon 4:41pm December 10th, 2009
Chuck and I watched it last month on old movie channel..Gave me the creeps...Robert Mitchum seemed to be out of character. Have you ever heard of or watched the old black and white movie "Always in My Heart" made in 1947..Tried to find it..Not made into video or DVD as yet...best old movie I have ever seen.
Kim 6:44pm April 5th, 2008
This 1955 film noir thriller in black and white by Charles Laughton is a cinematographic achievement worth discovering. I watched it on television more than sixteen years ago and I still remember the haunting image of a murdered woman's hair moving in the depths of the water as her children flee downriver hiding inside a row boat.
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