The Night of the Hunter

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The Night of the Hunter

In Charles Laughton’s Southern Gothic masterpiece, Reverend Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) marries a gullible widow (Shelley Winters), whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their late father hid the $10,000 he’d stolen in a robbery. To Reverend Powell, a tall, handsome preacher with ‘”love” and “hate” eerily tattooed on his knuckles, the Lord’s work has more to do with condemning souls than saving them—especially when his own interests are involved.

"One of the greatest of all American films."
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"A monochrome masterpiece, pure cinematic alchemy and just about every other superlative that spells genius."
Trevor Lewis, Empire Magazine

This film is part of the Senior Afternoon Cinema series.



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