The Night of the Hunter
We were delighted to previously screen this film but we have no current plans to screen it again. If you'd like to watch it in the cinema, consider a private hire to watch it with friends. That does rely on the film being available for private purchase.
Film details
| Film Title | The Night of the Hunter |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 93mins |
| Year | 1955 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Director | Charles Laughton |
| Actors | Billy Chapin, Robert Mitchum, Sally Jane Bruce, Lillian Gish, Shelley Winters, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Gloria Castillo, James Griffith, Gloria Pall, Paul Bryar, Cheryl Callaway, Alexander Campbell |
| Language | English |
| Showings |
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
It’s overwrought and lurid; the story is grotesque and so are the characters. It’s unlike anything else before and since. And that is why this strident psychological horror stands up now as one of the great pieces of American genre cinema.
★★★★
