The Night of the Hunter (1955)

8.3	Listal rating
8.2	IMDB rating

Thriller (10), Film Noir (8), Children (6), Drama (6), Crime (6), Widow (5), 1950s (5), Con Artist (4), Money (4), Chase (4), 1955 (4), Religion (4), Murder (4), Boat (3), Classic (3), B/w (3), River (3), Psychological (3), Mob (2), Maniac (2)

Description

A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.

Directed by

Charles Laughton

Starring (View all) :

Harry Powell

Willa Harper

Rachel Cooper

Birdie Steptoe

Icey Spoon

Ben Harper

Walt Spoon

John Harper

Pearl Harper

Ruby

Written by (View all) :

Davis Grubb

(novel)

James Agee

(screenplay)

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	The Night of the Hunter trailer "The night of the hunter" by Charles Laughton

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8.3/10
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PvtCaboose91

A classic and suspenseful masterpiece!

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Sep 8 3:37

"Leaning... leaning... safe and secure from all alarms. Leaning... leaning... leaning on the everlasting arms." Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter is another definitive example of a monochrome masterpiece tragically overlooked and criticised upon initial release. Director Charles Laughton was reportedly so disappointed and saddened by the film's poor critical and commercial reception that he vowed never to direct again...and he never did. Truth be told, every moment of Laughton's film is riveting and thrilling...haunting performances, evocative music and a terrific contrast of light and dark. Film critics from 1955 have a lot to answer for. Said critics ridiculed The Night of the Hunter: it was continually and collectively criticised as more funny than sinister, and seldom su...Read more

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