Country: USA
Year: 1955
Duration: 93'
Ben Harper committed a murder for $10,000 and has hidden the money, making his children John and Pearl promise not to tell anyone where it is hidden, not even their mother Willa. While Ben is in prison awaiting to be hung, he makes friends with his cellmate, "Reverend" Powell, who unsuccessfully tries to make him reveal where the money is hidden. When the Reverend is released, he goes to the Harper house, makes Willa fall in love with him, and marries her. But when the woman realizes who her new husband is, her fate is sealed and now only Pearl and John stand between the Reverend and the $10,000…
Biography
film director
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton (Scarborough, Yorkshire 1988 ñ Hollywood 1962) began his career as a theatrical actor in his homeland, England, and became a movie actor when films became talkies. A cultured and refined actor, he brought a gallery of notable characters to life, from Commander Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, by Frank Lloyd) to Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939, by William Dieterle), from the lawyer in Witness for the Prosecution (1957, by Billy Wilder) to the conservative politician in Advise and Consent (1961, by Otto Preminger). In 1937 he founded his own movie production company, Mayflower Pictures. A Hollywood regular, in 1950 he became an American citizen. He directed only one film, which soon became a cult movie: The Night of the Hunter.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Night of the Hunter (1955).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Charles Laughton.
Plot: dal racconto di Davis Grubb.
Screenplay: James Agee, Charles Laughton (non accreditato).
Director of photography: Stanley Cortez.
Special effects: Louis De Witt, Jack Rabin.
Music: Walter Schumann.
Art director: Hilyard M. Brown.
Editor: Robert Golden.
Sound: Stanford Naughton.
Cast and characters: Robert Mitchum («reverendo» Powell), Shelley Winters (Willa Harper), Lillian Gish (Rachel Cooper), James Gleason (Birdie Steptoe), Evelyn Varden (Icey Spoon), Peter Graves (Ben Harper).
Production company: Paul Gregory Productions/United Artists.
Plot: dal racconto di Davis Grubb.
Screenplay: James Agee, Charles Laughton (non accreditato).
Director of photography: Stanley Cortez.
Special effects: Louis De Witt, Jack Rabin.
Music: Walter Schumann.
Art director: Hilyard M. Brown.
Editor: Robert Golden.
Sound: Stanford Naughton.
Cast and characters: Robert Mitchum («reverendo» Powell), Shelley Winters (Willa Harper), Lillian Gish (Rachel Cooper), James Gleason (Birdie Steptoe), Evelyn Varden (Icey Spoon), Peter Graves (Ben Harper).
Production company: Paul Gregory Productions/United Artists.