Reviews

The film itself features serial killer turned faux-preacher Powell (Mitchum) finding out about a $10,000 cash stash waiting at the home of Ben Harper's (Peter Graves) family, while in prison.

Laughton's dark direction gives this film an almost Hitchcock-like quality...many of the scenes are bathed in rich shadows and Laughton takes some memorable cinematic snapshots throughout.

Director: Charles Laughton Writers: Davis Grubb(novel), James Agee(screenplay) Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish Genre: Film Noir

Based on the novel of the same title, Night of the Huntercasts Robert Mitchum in the lead role as Harry Powell, an unethical preachercum murderer.

Starting with the weird and comedic yelp from Mitchum during the climax of the film.