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The Night of the Hunter full movie is released on Jul 27, 1955. Watch The Night of the Hunter online - the English Crime movie from United States , which has achieved a worldwide gross of $2,001. The Night of the Hunter is directed by Charles Laughton and created by Davis Grubb with Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. The Night of the Hunter is available online on Hoopla and Tubi TV.

It's the Great Depression. In the process of robbing a bank of $10,000, Ben Harper kills two people. Before he is captured, he is able to convince his adolescent son John and his daughter Pearl not to tell anyone, including their mother Willa, where he hid the money, namely in Pearl's favorite toy, a doll that she carries everywhere with her. Ben, who is captured, tried and convicted, is sentenced to death. But before he is executed, Ben is in the state penitentiary with a cell mate, a man by the name of Harry Powell, a self-professed man of the cloth, who is really a con man and murderer, swindling lonely women, primarily rich widows, of their money before he kills them. Harry does whatever he can, unsuccessfully, to find out the location of the $10,000 from Ben. After Ben's execution, Harry decides that Willa will be his next mark, figuring that someone in the family knows where the money is hidden. Despite vowing not to remarry, Willa ends up being easy prey for Harry's outward evangelicalism; she is a pious woman who feels she needs to atone for her sins which led to Ben doing what he did, especially as Harry presents himself as the preacher who worked at the prison and provided salvation to Ben before his death. Harry quickly figures out that John and Pearl know where the money is. Conversely, John doesn't trust Harry, John who first tries not to show to Harry that he indeed does know where the money is, and then second constantly reminds a more-trusting Pearl of their promise to their now-deceased father. With Willa devoted to her new husband, John and Pearl need some other adult assistance in evading Harry's veiled threats, an adult who not only can see the honesty and goodness in children but who can also see a true wolf in sheep's clothing like Harry.

As know as:

Noaptea vânătorului, Η νύχτα του κυνηγού, La nuit du chasseur, Räsynukke, Jegeren i mørket

Release Date:

Sep 29, 1955

Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 25, 2000

Countries:

United States

Language:

English

Stream Service:

United Artists

Production Companies:

Paul Gregory Productions

Official Site:

MGM

Gross worldwide:

$2,001

Taglines:

The scenes...the story...The stars BUT ABOVE ALL - THE SUSPENSE!, Towering above all others...a motion picture that will not easily matched or forgotten!, This morning we were married... and now you think I'm going to kiss you, hold you, call you my wife!, The wedding night, the anticipation, the kiss, the knife, BUT ABOVE ALL... THE SUSPENSE!, The Hands Of ROBERT MITCHUM in "The Night of the Hunter"

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Gavin Lambert
Sight & Sound
The Night of the Hunter doesn't altogether, as they say, "come off," but it is a film of extremely individual flavour, and its daring, its indifference to convention, make it uniquely surprising for a Hollywood production today.
by rottentomatoes, Oct 02, 2020
Times (UK) Staff
Times (UK)
Mr. Charles Laughton directs, and, since Mr. Laughton is a highly intelligent man, nothing that he does is without interest. The Night of the Hunter is indeed none the less interesting for being a failure.
by rottentomatoes, Oct 02, 2020
Philip K. Scheuer
Los Angeles Times
It is doubtful that you will ever hear the old hymn, 'Learning,' again without recalling the gaunt, flapping figure of Preacher Powell as he lams it out in the dark night -- to the terror of the listening youngsters
by rottentomatoes, Jun 28, 2019

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