The actor Charles Laughton directed only one feature film, this 1955 classic, starring Robert Mitchum as a murderous, evil preacher. Though it was received positively (though not ecstatically) by ...
On a summer night in 1955, one of the most acclaimed films of all time made its world premiere in Des Moines. That film was The Night of the Hunter, an otherworldly fairy tale thriller that has gone ...
Icey Spoon: [about Powell] It's a mighty good man would go out of his way to bring a word of cheer to a grieving widow.
“Many great movies are realistic, but The Night of the Hunter is an expressionistic oddity, telling its chilling story through visual fantasy.” Roger Ebert John and Pearl have a secret, and the Rev.