Variety
The completed product, bewitching at times, loses sustained drive via too many offbeat touches that have a misty effect.
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The Night of the Hunter
Classic, black and white noir starring Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear) as serial-killer clergyman Harry Powell, who marries his cellmate's unsuspecting widow to find a hidden fortune. The novel on which the story is based took inspiration from the true story of Harry Powers, hanged in 1932 for the murder of two widows and three children. From the director of Spartacus.
1955Rating: PG93 minsUSA
DramaMysteryThriller
- Director:
- Charles Laughton ('Spartacus', Mutiny on the Bounty')
- Writer:
- James AgeeCharles Laughton
- Cast:
- Robert MitchumShelley WintersLillian GishJames GleasonEvelyn VardenPeter Graves
The Night of the Hunter | Reviews
94%79 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Time Out
There's the absolute authority of Mitchum's performance -- easy, charming, infinitely sinister.
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The New York Times
All this has been crisply compacted into clear screen drama by the late James Agee and it is put forth under the direction of Mr. Laughton in stark, rigid visual terms.
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Empire Magazine
A monochrome masterpiece, pure cinematic alchemy and just about every other superlative that spells genius.
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