num_pages: 79
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Night of the Hunter
titlecomplete: The Night of the Hunter (BFI Film Classics)
genres: Film, Media Tie In
ratings_count: 91
series: BFI Film Classics
publisher: British Film Institute