The Night of the Hunter 2026EXPIRED
published: 28 Mar 2026, 2 min read, 'EVENT EXPIRED'
when: 05 Apr 2026 | venue: Hammer Museum | address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90024Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Archive Treasures. Learn more at cinema.ucla.edu.
A Depression era-set Southern Gothic thriller, The Night of the Hunter (1955) tells an adult story through the eyes of children. Actor-turned-director Charles Laughton described it as a “fairy tale of the Big Bad Wolf’s pursuit of the Little Pigs.” Robert Mitchum stars as the wolf in preacher’s clothing pursuing the two children of a widow (Shelley Winter) who know about a stash of ill-gotten loot. A dream-like work thanks in part to the unique cinematography by Stanley Cortez, it turns feverishly on dualities—heaven and hell, good versus evil, the sacred and profane—while paying homage to the silent era with Lillian Gish also starring.
Director: Charles Laughton. Screenwriters: James Agee, Charles Laughton. With: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish.
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a division of UCLA Library, and presents its public programs in the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer, among other venues. For more information about the Archive, visit cinema.ucla.edu.
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