Night of the Hunter
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Directed by Charles Laughton.
With Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish, Shelley Winters.
US, 1955, 35mm, black & white, 93 min.
With Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish, Shelley Winters.
US, 1955, 35mm, black & white, 93 min.
The sole directorial effort by actor Charles Laughton, The Night of the Hunter is regarded as one of the most original and strikingly poetic films to have emerged from the Hollywood studio years. Magnificently rendered in atmospheric black-and-white cinematography by Stanley Cortez, this dreamlike, expressionistic fable, set in a small West Virginia community during the Depression, concerns two children who are pursued by a madman-preacher. Based on a novel by Davis Grubb, it was adapted for the screen by James Agee. As the self-styled preacher Harry Powell, Robert Mitchum gives one of his most riveting screen performances.
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