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Robert mitchum stars in an unforgettable role as a psychopathic preacher in relentless pursuit of two. On this episode of jbfc podcast, we discuss charles laughtons first and only directorial effort, 1955 s the night of the hunter, as well as debut features from some of todays most interesting writerdirectors including wes anderson, christopher nolan, spike jonze, and quentin tarantino. The night of the hunter is a classic gothic fairytale. The fact that laughton never made another film because night of the hunter didnt succeed commercially in its day because the studio didnt promote it properly adds poignance to the history of this remarkable film. Its about those venerable american subjects fear, sex, money, and religion, and for the beleaguered children who are its heroes, salvation comes at the end of a. The film was recently released by criterion on bluray, in a brand new, fully restored print, with new extras. The night of the hunter movie quotes rotten tomatoes. The night of the hunterincredibly, the only film the great actor charles laughton ever directedis truly a standalone masterwork. In his linernotes essay for the essential new criterion dvd, critic terrance rafferty. A horror movie with qualities of a grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister robert mitchum cape fear, the friends of eddie coyle as a traveling preacher named harry powell he of the tattooed knuckles, whose nefarious motives for marrying a.
The night of the hunter 1955 stream and watch online. Surrealistic in style, the story concerns two young. The way drama is built only using miseenscene is incredible in this movie. Awaiting hanging, harper shares a cell with harry powell, a deranged, selfappointed preacher with the words. Stills must not be reproduced, copied or downloaded in any way. On the forth episode of diabolique radio show, steve and david kleiler, focus on charles laughtons homage to german expressionism, the night of the hunter 1955.
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The night of the hunter film by laughton 1955 britannica. The screenplay by james agee was based on the 1953 novel of the same title by davis grubb. So great was her popularity, she entered the rarefied air of stars who would be identified by only their first name, joining the ranks of dolly, tammy, merle, and madonna. The night of the hunter 1955 full movie download full hd. Based on a popular novel by david grubb, the film takes place in west virginia during the depression and follows a homicidal preacher as he stalks two children, a brother and sister, across the rural landscape. The setting for the night of the hunter is cresaps landing, a small town on the banks of the ohio river, which has recently been shocked by a killing during a robbery carried out by ben harper peter graves who now awaits execution, meanwhile sharing a cell with preacher harry powell mitchum.
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