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Line 1: ~~[[Category:~~{{work\|wppage=The Night of the Hunter]] (film)}}▼ ~~{{work}}~~ [[File:Night_of_the_hunter.jpg\|frame]] Probably [[Robert Mitchum]]'s best-known performance was in this extremely creepy suspense-horror film from 1955. It's the one where he has "Love" and "Hate" [[Knuckle Tattoos\|tattooed across his knuckles]]. He plays Harry Powell, a preacher and psychotic serial murderer who one day gets married to Willa Harper, newly widowed and mother of two. Willa's previous husband has just been hanged for robbing a bank and killing two men in the process, and Harry is hoping to get his hands on the hidden money. And then it gets really messed-up. One of the all-time classics of American cinema, and [[Charles Laughton]]'s [[One-Book Author\|sole film as a director]]. Line 10: ** Especially Willa, who {{spoiler\|doesn't lift a hand in her own defense when Harry kills her, despite knowing full well he's likely to kill her children next.}} * [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler\|Rachel has stated that she "lost her son's love" a long time before the story started. She seems to be looking after the kids as a way to make up for her previous actions. All in all, this just demonstrates that she's a better person than most of the other adults in the film. She knows she did something wrong and now she's trying to make it right, and she doesn't deny her sins.}} * [[Author Filibuster]]: Invoked. Rachel ends the film with a sermon about how children can recover from any psychological trauma, blithely ignoring that at least two of her foster children have quietly gone insane. The [[Hays ~~code~~Code]] insisted that the children be all right at the end. * [[Bad Habits]] * [[The Bluebeard]]: Lampshaded during the finale. Line 25: * [[The Great Depression]] * [[Grimmification]]: Notably the bible verses and children's songs used to eerie effect. <!-- %%** Can we have some detail? Preferably from somebody who's read the full version of the book? (Which is out of copyright in the US, incidentally--just written in a [[{{Understatement}} unique style]].) --> * [[Guess Who I'm Marrying]]: Just about the wickedest stepfather in anything ever, that's who! * [[Henpecked Husband]]: Walt Spoon, who notably has to endure his wife ignoring his presence to tell half the town about {{spoiler\|how she ignores him during sex.}} Line 61 ⟶ 60: {{reflist}} {{AFI's 100 Years 100 Heroes and Villains}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:The Criterion Collection]] [[Category:The Criterion Collection (LaserDisc)]] Line 66 ⟶ 67: [[Category:National Film Registry]] [[Category:Danny Peary Cult Movies List]] [[Category:~~One~~The ~~Hundred~~100 Scariest Movie Moments]] [[Category:Films of the 1950s]] ▲[[Category:The Night of the Hunter]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:~~Pages~~Films ~~with~~Based ~~comment~~on ~~tags~~Novels]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Night of the Hunter, The}}

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