Robert Mitchum
Rev. Harry Powell
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English. Budget. $600,000. The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American film noir thriller directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. The screenplay by James Agee was based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Davis Grubb.
The Night of the Hunter: Directed by Charles Laughton. With Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason. 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.
Nov 24, 1996 · It's a thin line between LOVE and HATE. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Charles Laughton's "The Night of the Hunter” (1955) is one of the greatest of all American films, but has never received the attention it deserves because of its lack of the proper trappings.
Dec 16, 2023. Sep 2, 2023. The Rev. Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) is a religious fanatic and serial killer who targets women who use their sexuality to attract men. Serving time in prison for car...
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Summaries. 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. It's the Great Depression. In the process of robbing a bank of $10,000, Ben Harper kills two people.
A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters, are uncovered by her terrified young children.
Brief Synopsis. A bogus preacher marries an outlaw's widow in search of the man's hidden loot. Cast & Crew. Read More. Charles Laughton. Director. Robert Mitchum. Preacher Harry Powell. Shelley Winters. Willa Harper. Lillian Gish. Rachel Cooper. James Gleason. Uncle Birdie Steptoe. Evelyn Varden. Icey Spoon. Photos & Videos. View All. 18 Photos.
