A really good film with fantastic imagery and a tour-de-force performance by Robert Mitchum make this a classic. But it also has one of the worst endings ever with sugary-sweet sentimentality severely marring a tanscendant film-noir.
This review of The Night of the Hunter (1955) was written by Jim P on 04 Nov 2008.
The Night of the Hunter has generally received very positive reviews.
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