The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Not under 12

Reason:Fear

Plot

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

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Cast

Robert MitchumPreacher Harry Powell

Shelley WintersWilla Harper

Lillian GishRachel Cooper

James GleasonUncle Birdie Steptoe

Evelyn VardenIcey Spoon

Don BeddoeWalt Spoon

Peter GravesBen Harper

Gloria CastilloRuby

Paul BryarBart

Alexander CampbellJudge

Corey Allen

John Dennis

Writers and directors

Lucy SustarDirectorf. 1899

Robert MitchumDirector

Davis GrubbWriterf. -0001

James AgeeWriterf. -0001

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daniel white

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 n…22. Mar 2016

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John Chard ★ 10.0/10

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…18. Sep 2019

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CinemaSerf ★ 8.0/10

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 …28. Mar 2023

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