Towering actor Charles Laughton only directed one movie and this is it. Set in rural America during the Great Depression, Night of the Hunter tells the tale of a psychopathic serial killer who is on the hunt for the fruits of a $10,000 bank...
Pros: Robert Mitchum, Great Cinematography, Uncompromising Storyline Cons:
A Commercial Failure in its Own Time
Night of the Hunter is a 1955, black and white, film noir. It is most noteworthy for the performance of Robert Mitchum that helped define his persona of the ultimate bad guy. The film was not a success in its time, but gained cult status over the ...
Pros: some beautiful cinematography Cons: no suspense, surprisingly unconvincing performance by Robert Mitchum
A teller of tales can work alone and use words and images to spin a yarn the way that some people can use a stick and fabric to make a teepee. But to make a Taj Mahal, the teller needs help. Skilled storytellers make partners of their audience. They coax ...
Pros: Mitchum, child actors, story Cons: pretty dark, even for 1955.
People who commit negative acts in the name of God would rarely ever constitute their actions as “negative.” Why would you, when you’re taking orders from the ultimate boss, the One who knows more than all others? Either you’re truly deluded into ...
Pros: Robert Mitchum, the PLOT. Cons: Resolution, direction, situations.
Much to your dismay, I don't dig The Night of the Hunter 1955), yet it creates such a dual nature within me, that for once I may be motivated to write the required "pros" and "cons" for this review. The core of my unease spurs from Robert ...
Pros: Robert Mitchum at his squinty-eyed, villainous best; creepy fairy-tale atmosphere Cons: Limited DVD extras; some gaps in the plot
Think of the heroic Middle-American paintings of Thomas Hart Benton, or the man on the Cider Jack label, and you'll be pretty close to the stylized aesthetic of Night of the Hunter and the source of its profound creepiness. Pauline Kael called this...
Pros: Sexual frustration, old-time religion, and music swirled into an overpowering potpourri Cons: What happened to the old fisherman?
Even today, movies set in the Depression tend to try to sugarcoat what life was like at that time -- for example, by setting the action in the city. Between "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Norma Rae" there was only one movie that...
Pros: suspenseful, well acted, truly scary. Cons: None.
Harry Powell is a psychopathic predator posing as a preacher on the prowl for $10,000 stolen by a man he did time with in jail who, seconds before his arrest, made his son hide the money and swear never to tell anyone where it was hidden.
Pros: incredibly interesting Cons: middle drags on a bit, annoying songs
Going into this screening, I had this distinct feeling that I was not going to enjoy it. I was very wrong. Every little piece of lighting, background, acting, etc intrigued me. First of all, let's look at the beginning. The woman's face just floating...
Pros: script, story, cast, direction Cons: weird, some unlikely characters, not for kids
Charles Laughton, the rotund, crisply elucidating English actor, directed one and only one movie. That film was "The Night of the Hunter", a weird, creepy thriller starring Robert Mitchum as a murderous preacher. Although considered a classic...
"The Night of the Hunter" is a strange, beautiful masterpiece, a parable about the innocence of childhood, and how the adult world corrupts that innocence.
The father of two children, John and Pearl, was hanged for stealing ten...
Pros: Unique and awe inspiring characters, script, dialogue, cast, cinematography and even the soundtrack music Cons: May give you the creeps for months.
Psychotic itinerant serial killer/evangelist Harry Powell would make Freddy Kreuger his be-yatch in a heartbeat. Like the Elm Street movies, Night of the Hunter is about the nightmares of children. Unlike Freddy, Powell doesn't need graphic violence...
Pros: The performances are top-notch, as is the photography, script and direction. Cons: Its pretty hard to come by...
By Max Scheinin.
Has there ever been a film as disarmingly creepy as The Night of the Hunter, one of the greatest (and sadly most neglected) films of the 50s? Directed by Charles Laughton -- in his only attempt to step behind the camera --...
Night of the Hunter stars Robert Mitchum as a conniving preacher who travels from town to town, marrying then murdering wealthy widows. Shelley Winters stars as his latest project, a woman whose husband has been recently executed for a murder he...
Proving movies with crazy Christian villains have been around a long, long time, The Night of the Hunter brings us an intensely interesting turn-of-the-century story of mental illness disguised with quotes from the Bible. Robert Mitchum, warming himself...
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