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The Night of the Hunter (film, 1955)
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https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Night_of_the_Hunter_(film,_1955)
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gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:film
gptkbp:AFI100Years100Thrills
ranked #34
gptkbp:basedOn
gptkb:The_Night_of_the_Hunter_(novel,_1953)
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross
$795,000 (approximate)
gptkbp:budget
$795,000
gptkbp:cinematography
gptkb:Stanley_Cortez
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticalReception
mixed at release, acclaimed later
gptkbp:director
gptkb:Charles_Laughton
gptkbp:distributor
gptkb:United_Artists
gptkbp:editor
gptkb:Robert_Golden
gptkbp:filmingLocation
gptkb:California
gptkbp:genre
drama
film noir
thriller
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
The Night of the Hunter (film, 1955)
gptkbp:influenced
many later filmmakers, including the Coen brothers and Martin Scorsese
gptkbp:language
English
gptkbp:mainCharacter
gptkb:John_Harper
gptkb:Pearl_Harper
gptkb:Rachel_Cooper
gptkb:Reverend_Harry_Powell
gptkbp:musicBy
gptkb:Walter_Schumann
gptkbp:notableFor
expressionistic cinematography
Charles Laughton's only film as director
Robert Mitchum's performance as Reverend Harry Powell
gptkbp:posterArtist
gptkb:Reynold_Brown
gptkbp:preservedIn
gptkb:United_States_National_Film_Registry
gptkbp:producer
gptkb:Paul_Gregory
gptkbp:releaseYear
1955
gptkbp:runtime
92 minutes
gptkbp:screenwriter
gptkb:James_Agee
gptkbp:setInPeriod
gptkb:Great_Depression
gptkbp:starring
gptkb:Robert_Mitchum
gptkb:Shelley_Winters
gptkb:Lillian_Gish
gptkb:Billy_Chapin
gptkb:Sally_Jane_Bruce
gptkbp:theme
good vs evil
religious fanaticism
childhood innocence
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Davis_Grubb
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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