The Night of the Hunter

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.

• Author
• Simon Callow

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 79

• Series
• BFI Film Classics

• Publisher
• British Film Institute

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780851708225

• Genres
• film

• Release date
• 2001