The Night of the Hunter (BFI Film Classics)
Book Details
Author(s)Simon Callow
PublisherBritish Film Institute
ISBN / ASIN0851708226
ISBN-139780851708225
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank732,074
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This is an examination of "The Night of the Hunter", Charles Laughton's only outing as a film director. It looks at the symbolism of the piece, at Willa, her throat cut sitting in the Model-T Ford, and the Preacher, a silhouetted threat on the horizon.









