![]() ![]() ![]() He leaves a trail of dead women at the movie’s start, moving on to a recent widow (Shelley Winters) and her two children, John and Pearl (Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce). Tall and handsome, with a deep voice that easily lends itself to familiar hymns, Powell is, nonetheless, a serial killer who believes his crimes are ordained by God. If it weren’t for the fact that this is available on video, you’d wonder if the movie ever really happened.īased on a Davis Grubb novel and a James Agee script, The Night of the Hunter is the Bible-soaked, Depression-era tale of a “false prophet” named Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum). And as the only film directed by actor Charles Laughton, its very existence is somewhat haunting. This is one weird, troubling movie, all the more so for being released in 1955. The Night of the Hunter is nearly as demented as its lead villain, and I mean that as a compliment. ![]()
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