The Night of the Hunter
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1955
1h 33m
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English
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
The Night of the Hunter
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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Cast
John Harper
Harry Powell
Pearl Harper
Rachel Cooper
Willa Harper
Birdie Steptoe
Icey Spoon
Ben Harper
Walt Spoon
Ruby
District Attorney
Burlesque Dancer
Bart
Mary
Judge
Ruby's Boyfriend
Sheriff
Miz Cunningham
Bart's Wife
Directed By: Charles Laughton
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LNero
/10 8 months ago
**7; could be a 10**
This film needs a remake. I don't at all think current Hollywood would do it, or if it did, it would somehow fumble it by trying to transpose the script into a modern treatment, but it's a perfect candidate, because it's a true diamond in the rough. But it is quite rough in w More
This film needs a remake. I don't at all think current Hollywood would do it, or if it did, it would somehow fumble it by trying to transpose the script into a modern treatment, but it's a perfect candidate, because it's a true diamond in the rough. But it is quite rough in w More
daniel white
6 years ago
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 marr More
John Chard
5 years ago
Laughton crafts a nightmarish fairytale that stands up now as a true masterpiece.
A religious maniac marries an idiotic widow and mother of two children in the hope of finding out where the $10,000 is hidden that the now executed husband and father garnered from a robbery.
Upon release back i More
A religious maniac marries an idiotic widow and mother of two children in the hope of finding out where the $10,000 is hidden that the now executed husband and father garnered from a robbery.
Upon release back i More
CinemaSerf
10 months ago
Continuing with my quest to establish where or not Charles Laughton ever made a bad movie, I recently came, again, to this - one of my all time favourite films. I remember cowering behind the sofa as a child when this film came on television late in the evening. It all centres around a robber who ha More
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