The Night Of The Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton)
"Home, home on the range ... where the deer and the psychopaths play ...". Based on the novel by Davis Grubb, this tour de force set right in the heart(land) of the USA skewers expectations along with sensibilities. Admittedly the set design does remove you from the utter depravity of the story (intentional??), but this may have been a sop to the decades outward primness. Remember, this wasn't an isolated case, as the Beats were rearing their heads cough. Mitchum captivates as Harry Powell, a slightly Tex Avery style nutcase, intoning his lines like armageddeon is jest 'round t'cornah, but he is ably matched for wits by two plucky youngsters. Just as well ... as the adults in Powell's orbit are all mental microbes .... nae seen this film? Rectify!!
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