Film · United Artists · 1955
Pass it on
The Night of the Hunter
79Worth an evening.
The preacher is the danger, and the old woman taking in strays is the stop.
The review
Not for children. I'll say that before the rest. A preacher with love and hate tattooed on his hands marries a widow for money her children are hiding. He murders. I'm not going to describe that. False piety is the villain, and the holy talk is how the door opens for him.
The children run. An old woman who takes in strays is the one who stops him. Her house is the point. I've sat through too many stories that fall for the wolf, and this one doesn't. If you watch it, watch for her. Don't keep the tattoos and forget the house that stayed open.
Journal
Keep The Night of the Hunter in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 79. Yours can differ.
The glance
Industry is the thin one.
Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
The eight
- 5Industry
Preaching is his mask; the work that matters is an old woman keeping strays.
- 9Household
A widow's children are hunted until an old woman's house becomes the shelter.
- 8Piety
False piety is the villain, and the woman who takes in strays is the stop.
- 9Courage
The children run, and the old woman risks herself to be the one who stops him.
- 7Republic
The children are owed safety, and a neighbor's house does what his collar will not.
- 8Temperance
Love and hate are on his hands, and he marries the widow for the money.
- 8Truth
The marriage is a lie for hidden money, and the vow does not hold.
- 9Stewardship
What remains is the old woman's house, open to the children who ran.
Where to watch
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Live Historic · The Night of the Hunter · 79IMDb
