The Night of the Hunter

Name: The Night of the Hunter
Duration: 1 h 32 min

1hr 32m

1hr 32m
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A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a… More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Charles Laughton

Producer:

Paul Gregory

Writer:

Davis Grubb, James Agee

Release Date:

Jul 26, 1955

Runtime:

1hr 32m

Synopsis

A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.

Cast

Robert Mitchum
Shelley Winters
Lillian Gish
James Gleason
Evelyn Varden
Peter Graves
Don Beddoe
Billy Chapin
Sally Jane Bruce
Gloria Castillo

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Based on 21 Critics

8.3

USER SCORE (135)

Universal acclaim based on 135 Reviews

100

It’s the most haunted and dreamlike of all American films, a gothic backwoods ramble with the Devil at its heels.

Tom Huddleston

Time Out London

100

This is the only film Laughton ever directed, and he packed it with a mixture of eerie chills, ingenious suspense, and absurdist humor. It's a genuine classic.

David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

100

Laughton understood Agee's proximity to Grimm vaudeville, and fashioned the most intensely expressionistic movie of its day.

Michael Atkinson

Village Voice

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