The Night of the Hunter – 1999 RR

Condition: Excellent/Very Good

Printers Proof: Rolled as Issued 

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Size: 17 x 13 inches (43 x 32.5 cm)

Printers' proof for the 1999 BFI re-release of “The Night of the Hunter” obtained directly from Mike Leedham of 2D Design Ltd, who were responsible for the re-imagining of the poster.  

The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller film directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. The screenplay by James Agee was based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Davis Grubb.

The plot follows the true story of Preacher Harry Powell (Mitchum). On a diabolical mission to eradicate sin, the misogynistic serial-killer preacher with the sharp switchblade, Preacher Harry Powell, discovers the secret of the condemned bank robber, Ben Harper. With $10,000 hidden somewhere around Harper's decrepit farmhouse, silver-tongued Powell embarks on an evil quest to woo Ben's poor widow, Willa, and talk the deceased's little children into letting him in on the exact location of the loot. However, as John stubbornly refuses to reveal his father's secret, the irrepressible lust for gold starts to take over, and no one is safe around the psychopathic gospeller.

“The wedding night, the anticipation, the kiss, the knife, BUT ABOVE ALL... THE SUSPENSE!”

Tags: 1990s 1950s  Miscellanea Thriller Drama British Printers Proof