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The Night of the Hunter (USA, 1955)

The only film ever directed by the great British actor Charles Laughton.
A religious fanatic marries a widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he had stolen in a robbery.

Dream-like expressionistic tale of greed, innocence, seduction, sin and corruption (based on a 1953 depression-era novel by Davis Grubb).
A beautifull avant garde sophisticated oddity (both ignored and misunderstood at the time of its release) now considered as one of the greatest American films of all time.

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Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell diabolical serial killer/Preacher and his love & hate hand tattoos! (from theasc.com)

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Review by Tim Dirks at filmsite