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The Night of the Hunter

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The Night of the Hunter
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NR,1hr 33min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1955
Director:
Charles Laughton
Distributor:
United Artists
Starring:
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish  ...more
Synopsis: Adapted by James Agee from a novel by Davis Grubb, The Night of the Hunter represented legendary actor Charles Laughton's only film directing effort. Combining stark realism with Germanic expressionism, the movie is a brilliant good-and-evil parable, with "good" represented by a couple of farm kids and a pious old lady, and "evil" literally in the hands of a posturing psychopath. Imprisoned with thief Ben Harper (Peter Graves), phony preacher Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) learns that Ben has hidden ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Actor Charles Laughton directed only one movie during his 36 years in show business, and he certainly made his lone effort memorable; The Night of the Hunter is a strange, chilling, and uniquely compelling work that resembles no other American film of its era. Superbly shot by ace cinematographer Stanley Cortez, the film was obviously influenced by the look of German expressionist cinema, but Cortez ... Full Review
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Robert Mitchum
Preacher Harry Powell
Shelley Winters
Willa Harper
Lillian Gish
Rachel Cooper
Billy Chapin
John Harper
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The late Robert Mitchum remains best known for his heavy-lidded, laconic presence as a classic...
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