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The Night of the hunter

The Night of the Hunter
by Charles Laughton1h331954United States
The Night of the hunter

Recommended byMartin Scorsese, François Truffaut, Chantal Akerman, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jacques Doillon, Gérard Krawczyk, Alain Guiraudie, Nicolas Philibert, William Friedkin, Miguel Gomes, Todd Haynes, Marjane Satrapi, João Pedro Rodrigues, Amat Escalante, Corneliu Porumboiu, Jaco Van Dormael, Alice Rohrwacher, Patrice Leconte, Xavier Beauvois, Dominik Moll, Francis Veber, Yolande Zauberman

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A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.

Cast and crew

  • Credits

    • Distributor : Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM)
    • Production Compagny : Paul Gregory Productions
    • Photo Director : Stanley Cortez
    • Scenario : James Agee, Charles Laughton
    • Original Work Author : Davis Grubb
    • Set Decoration : Al Spencer
    • Costume Design : Jerry Bos, Evelyn Carruth
    • Sound Recorder : Stanford Naughton
    • Editing : Robert Golden
    • Original Music : Walter Schumann
    • Producer : Paul Gregory
    • Director : Charles Laughton

  • Technical details

    • Printed format : 35 mm
    • Year of production : 1954
    • French release date : 11 mai 1966
    • Category : Feature film
    • Color : Black and White
    • Language : English

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