The Night of the Hunter


The Night of the Hunter

Overview:

In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Votes 322 (7.8/10)

Runtime: 93 minutes

Release Date 1955-04-03

Budget: $795,000.00

Tagline: The wedding night, the anticipation, the kiss, the knife, BUT ABOVE ALL...THE SUSPENSE!

Production company:

  • United Artists
  • The Criterion Collection

Production country:

  • United States of America

Genres:

  • Thriller
  • Crime

Trailer

Further Information

Harry Powell
Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum
Willa Harper
Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters
John Harper
Billy Chapin
Billy Chapin
Pearl Harper
Sally Jane Bruce
Sally Jane Bruce
Rachel Cooper
Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish
Birdie Steptoe
James Gleason
James Gleason
Icey Spoon
Evelyn Varden
Evelyn Varden
Walt Spoon
Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe
Ruby
Gloria Castillo
Gloria Castillo
Ben Harper
Peter Graves
Peter Graves
Director
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
Novel
Davis Grubb
Davis Grubb
Screenplay
James Agee
James Agee
Screenplay
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
Producer
Paul Gregory
Paul Gregory
Original Music Composer
Walter Schumann
Walter Schumann
Director of Photography
Stanley Cortez
Stanley Cortez
Editor
Robert Golden
Robert Golden

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The only film directed by the great English actor Charles Laughton, "The Night of the Hunter" is a brilliant allegory about the battle between good and evil. The film failed upon its release but is now considered a classic. Robert Mitchum has never been better as the malevolent "preacher" who marries the hapless Shelley Winters. Mitchum had been in prison with Winters husband and knows there is money to be had from a robbery the deceased husband committed, but where is it? Though Shelley falls under Mitchum"s twisted religious zeal, her children a little boy and girl instinctively know this man is bad, bad, bad. Spoiler alert: Shelley Comes to a watery end and the children must flee from Mitchum who has discovered the money is hidden in little Pearl's doll. After an arduous journey mainly by boat (the Ohio river?) John and Pearl come to rest in the saintly arms of the magnificent Lillian Gish. But Mitchum is relentless in his pursuit and that is when the eternal battle between good and evil is fought one more time. I will not reveal which side prevails but let's just say for an old broad Lillian is a formidable opponent. A film I saw as a young boy it left an impression on me that was powerful. A deeply disturbing yet uplifting movie "Night of the Hunter" is not to be missed. This is Gummshoe signing off with two fists up for "Night of the Hunter."

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