Night of the Hunter, The

USA 1955, 93 minutes, B/W
Dir. Charles Laughton
Genres: Classics, Cult / Psycho

Topics: Gothic.

Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish

Aroview: A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American South.

NZ International Film Festival 1988
Adopt-a-Movie Kindly Adopted by Harry Evans

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5 stars (Exceptional) C'mon people! Five stars for the set design, process photography and Stanley Cortez' camerawork alone. And then there's the unearthly atmosphere, the performances...a wondrously strange masterpiece. ~HiFi
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2 stars (Good Try) ~mproctornz
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5 stars (Exceptional) A gothic fairytale with Mitchum at his most mythical. After it was initially received poorly on release, Laughton was so crushed he never directed again. He didn't count on its lingering appeal. Stays with you for years. ~Regando