The Night of the Hunter
Charles Laughton, 1955
The Night of the Hunter
Davis Grubb, 1953
The Night of the Hunter is a movie directed by Charles Laughton in 1955 and based on the book of the same name by Davis Grubb, first published in 1953. The movie features Robert Mitchum, Billy Chapin, Sally Ann Bruce, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
In West Virginia in the 1930s, Reverend Harry Powell is a self-appointed preacher and misogynistic serial killer who travels along the Ohio River, justifying the women he murdered with his switchblade knife after marrying them for their money as doing God’s work. But with the police about to catch him, Harper makes his children John and Pearl promise to never reveal where the money is hidden after hiding it in Pearl’s doll.
Movie vs Book
Year
1955
Minutes
92
Movie Rate
8.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Night of the Hunter
Director: Charles Laughton
Country: USA
Year: 1955
Length: 1h32m
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Year
1953
Pages
250
Book Rate
8.34
S: Goodreads
Book
The Night of the Hunter
Author: Davis Grubb
Country: USA
First published in: 1953
Length: 250 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I love the book, but in order to transform it into a film, there are things you have to reinvent for it to work on screen.”
YORGOS LANTHIMOS (Filmmaker)
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