Night of the Hunter
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
Director: Charles Laughton
Writer: James Agee, Davis Grubb, Charles Laughton
Producer: Paul Gregory
The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American Southern Gothic horror-thriller film directed by Charles Laughton in his sole feature film directorial credit, and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. The screenplay by James Agee is adapted from Davis Grubb's 1953 novel.
Trivia
- Based on The Night of the Hunter (novel by Davis Grubb).
- Harold Matson, a literary agent, sent a copy of the 1953 novel The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb to Paul Gregory.
- Grubb had studied art in college, so he offered to draw sketches as a form of inspiration.
- Laughton loved the drawings, and many of them were used in the film's storyboard.
Filming Locations
- Principal photography of The Night of the Hunter began on August 15 and ended on October 7, 1954, a total of 36 days of shooting.
- Besides, Laughton wanted to create the film's unique look on Hollywood sound stages and found what he was looking for at RKO-Pathé Forty Acres lot, Republic Studios, and the Rowland V. Lee ranch in the San Fernando Valley.
- Certain cutaway shots and compositing shots were filmed in West Virginia.
Previous Showings
3 Runs • 3 Festivals
3,224 tickets sold
All runs on record (3):
- June 19 - 23, 1998 · 2,047 ticketsDear Old Hollywoodw/ To Kill a Mockingbird
- April 25 - 26, 2018 · 595 ticketsHitchcock and Other Masters of Suspense plus, Frankenstein at 200w/ The Window
- October 24 - 25, 2024 · 582 ticketsFilm Noir plus Val Lewtonw/ The Curse of the Cat People