The Night of the Hunter

(Dir. Charles Laughton) (1955)
Grimm’s Hansel and Gretel on the Ohio River, as 2 cute kids take to a skiff with stolen cash to escape their brand new stepfather (Robert Mitcham, in a sensational performance as the ‘preacher’ with “love” and “hate” tattooed on his knuckles).  Lillian Gish also terrific as his adversary and Shelley Winters again assumes the role of tragic victim in this surreal pasquinade.
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Pure Black Magic: put this link into a search engine to watch a key scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akyxPomqAZc
https://youtu.be/akyxPomqAZc?t=4

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