ROBERT MITCHUM is the bad guy in "Night of the Hunter."
BOB LEBZELTER / VIDEO VIPER /
‘Night of the Hunter’ scary, suspenseful
Video Viper / ROBERT LEBZELTER
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They marry but then Harry informs his new wife sex is for procreation and the two need to handle the children she already has.
The naïve Winters character meets a horrifying end after discovering what her new husband is like and the Mitchum character chases the children downriver.
Lillian Gish, the woman who invented the close-up and starred in 1915's “Birth of a Nation,” appears as a woman who takes care of orphaned children and takes the pair in.
Laughton's only effort as a director is near perfect. Billy Chapin is a natural actor as the wise-beyond-his years son who takes his little sister, played by Sally Jane Brue, on a race for survival. Chapin's sister, Lauren, played the youngest daughter on “Father Knows Best.”
But the most kudos go to Bob Mitchum. Now this is one scary guy. Nobody, but nobody, could play a frightening figure like Mitchum.
For a really scary night, watch this with the original “Cape Fear,” again starring Mitchum as the heavy.
This is prime film noir during the waning days of film noir. Check out Laughton's other talent, directing. You won't be able to shake this film from your mind.
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
• Directed by Charles Laughton
• Written by Davis Grubb (novel) and James Agee (screenplay)
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