The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter

  • Director: Charles Laughton
  • Writer: Davis Grubb,James Agee,Charles Laughton
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: July 27, 1955
  • Also known as: Die Nacht des Jägers
  • "The Night Of The Hunter" is a black thriller film co-directed by Charles Laughton , Old Rumple Eyes , and Terry Sanders , starring Old Rumple Eyes, Lillian Gish , and Billy Chapin . It was released in the United States on September 29, 1955. .
    The film tells the story of the respectful priest Harry who has committed a series of heinous crimes in order to find the whereabouts of 10,000 yuan of stolen money and continue to hurt innocent people   .

    Details

    • Release date July 27, 1955
    • Filming locations Moundsville, West Virginia, USA
    • Production companies Paul Gregory Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $795,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $2,001

    Movie reviews

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    • By Carmel 2022-03-25 09:01:08

      hunter night

      The bank robbery murderer was sentenced to death. Before the execution, he inadvertently revealed in a dream that only his two children knew where the 10,000 yuan of stolen money was hidden. All this was heard by fellow prisoner Harry. Harry is an unpredictable priest. After he was released from prison, he went everywhere to find Vera, the widow of the death row inmate, and pursued her with all his strength, and finally succeeded in being with him. marry. When Harry concluded that the woman did...

    • By Johnson 2022-03-24 09:01:51

      Straight men's cancer breath is coming

      The vast majority of women in the film are portrayed as too young too naive idiots. John's mother, grandmother, and sister are all obedient to men and have no opinion. John's sister even exits the screen at the end of the film and becomes a "hidden". people". On the contrary, all men are full of wisdom and courage, and even the cunning criminal, john's bank robber father, has the ability and intelligence that a woman can't have. And little John became King Moses.
        The only smart woman has...

    • By Brent 2022-03-23 09:01:54

      (I profess) the religion the Almighty and me worked out betwixt us.

      Based on the best-selling novel of the same name. When it was first released, it received a flood of bad reviews and failed at the box office, but it was later hailed as a classic, and it was on many lists.
      The hypocritical and cruel priest Powell played by Robert Mitchum in the film is ranked 29th on the AFI 100-year movie villain list. He hates women, is ruthless, cheats money through marriage and then kills them, just like a modern version of Bluebeard (Barbe-Bleue). Although the...

    • By Santino 2022-03-23 09:01:54

      The Night of the Hunter: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (IMDB250 TOP 187)

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      The Night of the Hunter (1955)

      This is a very strange The film, the story is very different, the style is also very different.

      The film tells the story of how a bad guy commits a crime and is finally brought to justice. There is a bad man who uses a priest as a...

    • By Lucie 2022-03-23 09:01:54

      The Night of the Hunter

      A bank robbery murderer has been sentenced to death by telling his cellmate, Harry, an elusive itinerant preacher, that he hid the 10,000 bucks in his room before he was executed inside. After Harry was released from prison, he searched for the widow of the death row inmate, pursued her with all his might, and finally married her. When he concluded that the woman did not know where the money was hidden, he killed her, and then began to systematically treat a pair of children, brother and sister...

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    • By Celine 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      This light and shadow is so beautiful, all kinds of magical shots, especially the female corpse at the bottom of the river, as well as various animals in the foreground along the river rafting all the way, the sparkling night river drifting in the middle scene, the starry sky shining in the distant view, children's version Paradise Lost, the first half was pretty dark, but it ended up being a little uncomfortable with such a puritanical happy...

    • By Kaya 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      Some of the shots are well set up, but the whole plot still seems too bland, with no ups and...

    • By Easton 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      The.Night.Of.The.Hunter.1955.BD.MiniSD-TLF/ t611342770 Bluebeards talk about religious inexplicable women and...

    • By Maximillian 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      Dark nights and dark tones, dark stories and dark 30s...

    • By Emmitt 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      I thought it was the predecessor of the live-action version of Little Red Riding Hood to Big Bad Wolf and Home Alone. What shit was taken in the last ten minutes! The characters are more brainless than each other, worrying about their IQ while...

    Movie plot

    The bank robbery murderer was sentenced to death. Before the execution, he accidentally babbled in his dream and revealed that only his son and daughter knew where the 10,000 yuan was hidden. All of this was heard by the prisoner in the same room, Harry. Harry was an unpredictable priest. After he was released from prison, he looked around for the death row inmate’s widow, Vera, and tried his best to pursue her, and finally succeeded...
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    Tidbits

    The footage of the missionary riding a horse in the distance is faked. In fact, Old Rumple Eyes was riding a pony when filming.
    Old Rumple Eyes couldn't accept the script written by James Aiji at all, so he paid the money, let Aiji roll the burden away, and then rewritten the script himself.
    Charles Laughton doesn't like children very much, so some scenes were actually filmed with the assistance of Old Rumple....
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    Piercing lens

    While John was telling a story to Pearl who was lying on the bed, Harry's shadow appeared on the wall of the bedroom. When John looked out, he saw Harry standing by the door, and it was impossible for the street lamp beside him to cast his shadow on the wall of the house.
    After Harry Powell disappeared from Miss Cooper’s front yard, an owl suddenly flew down and grabbed a rabbit. The audience could hear the clear sound of owl flapping,...
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    Evaluation action

    "The Night Of The Hunter" is a film with a special style. It has a complete and attractive story. It also uses various film techniques to convey a different kind of artistic feeling. It can be said that it is realism and expressionism. Combined movie. The film is not to win with the twists and turns of the plot, but its atmosphere is still desirable. The use of light in the film with strong contrast between light and shade, poetic...
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    Movie quotes

    • Icey Spoon: What could have possessed that girl?

      Rev. Harry Powell: Satan.

      Icey Spoon: Ah.

    • Rev. Harry Powell: Open that door, you spawn of the devil's own strumpet!

    • Rachel Cooper: She'll be losing her mind to a tricky mouth and a full moon, and like as not, I'll be saddled with the consequences.