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Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell in The Night of the Hunter, wearing a dark hat and suit, shows his hand with LOVE tattooed on his knuckles by a white fence.
The Night of the Hunter Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter (1955), directed and cowritten by Charles Laughton.

The Night of the Hunter

film by Laughton [1955]
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The Night of the Hunter, American crime thriller, released in 1955, that is regarded as a masterpiece of tone and suspense. Its screenplay was cowritten by Charles Laughton and James Agee, and it was the only directorial effort by Laughton. Surrealistic in style, the story concerns two young children trying to flee their murderous stepfather, a crazed self-appointed preacher, conman, and former prisoner played by Robert Mitchum in one of the finest performances of his...

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