Review of The Night of the Hunter (1955) by Vincerocks123 — 18 Apr 2015

A modern biblical interpretation based on the tale of the Wolf, the sheep, and the good shepherd of the field, its probably the defining moment in cinema history, a gothic tale that will inspire directors from Scorsese to Lynch.

Robert Mitchum stars in one of his most of his most darkest and relentless performances, as Harry Powell, a sadistic misogynist serial killer posing as a traveling pastor who plots to uncover a private stash of money hidden by a recently executed convict, however no one knows where he buries it except the convict's children.

Soon the children's innocent childhoods are shattered when Powell murders their mother (Shelly Winters) causing them to flee into the woods in terror when they become they're next target for the money, their trail will come to an end when they meet Ms. Cooper (Lillian Gish), the keeper and finder of lost children who wields a gun as her weapon, and the children's only hope for retribution.

Soon Good and Evil will settle out their differences in one final battle for the victory in the film's memorable climatic shootout.