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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Robert Mitchum Shelley Winters Lillian Gish

Directors Charles Laughton

Screenwriters James Agee

Running Time 93 minutes

Night Of The Hunter
Celluloid's most satanic God-botherer relentlessly pursues two children in a search for hidden wonga

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Plot
Two young innocents are left fatherless when their bank robber pa Ben Harper goes to the noose but not before he has stashed a load of stolen swag or before the sinister evangelist Harry Powell sharing his cell gets wind of it

Verdict
A monochrome masterpiece, pure cinematic alchemy and just about every other superlative that spells genius


Reviewed by Trevor Lewis

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