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A crazed and deadly preacher (Robert Mitchum) chases two children across a Gothic southern landscape in a story saturated in fairy-tale themes of lost children and shimmering, poetic atmosphere. Lillian Gish stands as the children’s protector, fighting off one kind of old-time religion with another. A box office failure on its release, Laughton’s film is now widely considered his masterwork.

The Night of the Hunter will screen from an imported 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restoration funding provided by The Film Foundation.

M | Adult themes, Low level violence