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The Night of the Hunter

Name: The Night of the Hunter
Released: 1955

1955

The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American Southern Gothic horror-thriller film directed by Charles Laughton in his sole feature film directorial credit, and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. The screenplay by James Agee is adapted from Davis Grubb's 1953 novel. The plot is about Preacher Harry Powell (Mitchum), a serial killer who poses as a preacher and pursues two children in an attempt…

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The author of this review could hardly remember a single instant when he experienced surprise while watching a film. Being pleasantly surprised by a movie had almost become a distant memory, especially after watching the quality of contemporary Hollywood films decline. So, when one of those pleasant surprises actually happened, it was in the form of an old Hollywood classic, one of those lesser-known films from the…

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