The Night of the Hunter (film)
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title:
The Night of the Hunter (film)
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The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American film noir thriller directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. The screenplay by James Agee was based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Davis Grubb. The plot involves a serial killer (Mitchum) who poses as a preacher and pursues two children in an attempt to get his hands on $10,000 of stolen cash hidden by their late father. The novel and film draw on the true story of Harry Powers, who was hanged in
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1955 film by Charles Laughton
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_the_Hunter_(film)
date created:
2002-08-23T16:01:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T21:42:27Z
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