The Night of the Hunter (1955 film)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Night_of_the_Hunter_(1955_film)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film
gptkbp:AFI100Years100Thrills 34
gptkbp:artisticDirector gptkb:Hilyard_M._Brown
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial gptkb:Davis_Grubb
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:The_Night_of_the_Hunter_(novel)
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross commercial failure at release
gptkbp:budget $795,000
gptkbp:childActors gptkb:Billy_Chapin
gptkb:Sally_Jane_Bruce
gptkbp:cinematicInfluence gptkb:German_Expressionism
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Stanley_Cortez
gptkbp:colorProcess black-and-white
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticalReception acclaimed posthumously
gptkbp:director gptkb:Charles_Laughton
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:United_Artists
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Robert_Golden
gptkbp:enemyOf gptkb:Harry_Powell
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:California
gptkbp:genre drama
film noir
thriller
gptkbp:homeMediaRelease gptkb:Criterion_Collection
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Night of the Hunter (1955 film)
gptkbp:influenced many later filmmakers
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Walter_Schumann
gptkbp:narrativeStyle expressionist
gptkbp:notableCharacter gptkb:Harry_Powell
gptkb:Rachel_Cooper
gptkb:Willa_Harper
gptkbp:notableFor Robert Mitchum's performance
expressionistic cinematography
Charles Laughton's only directorial effort
gptkbp:notableScene gptkb:LOVE_and_HATE_tattoo_monologue
gptkbp:posterArtist gptkb:Reynold_Brown
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:United_States_National_Film_Registry
gptkbp:producer gptkb:Paul_Gregory
gptkbp:releaseDate 1955-07-26
gptkbp:runtime 92 minutes
gptkbp:screenwriter gptkb:James_Agee
gptkbp:setInPeriod gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkbp:setting gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Robert_Mitchum
gptkb:Shelley_Winters
gptkb:Lillian_Gish
gptkbp:theme corruption
good vs evil
religious fanaticism
childhood innocence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Paul_Gregory_Productions
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6