![]() ![]() We know that this will look incredible on the Embassy screen. ![]() The dark fairytale elements of the film are elevated by the iconic black and white cinematography inspired by German Expressionism. 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. He charms Willa Harper (Shelley Winters) after her bankrobber husband is executed, and then pursues her two children who know the location of some hidden money. The bestselling, National Book Awardfinalist novel that inspired Charles Laughtons expressionist horror classic starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley. Set during the Great Depression, the film centres on Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum, in a truly chilling performance) a self-styled reverend who claims to preach “the religion the Almighty and me worked out betwixt us”, who travels the American South marrying widows and then killing them off for their money. Charles Laughton | USA | 1955 Director: Charles Laughton ![]()
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