A film about LOVE and HATE, which is not uncommon (see also Do The Right Thing) but Robert Mitchum’s predatory priest does have the words tattooed on his fingers.

NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

Charles Laughton

1955

Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden

Screenplay by James Agee; adapted from the novel The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb

Title: NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

Year: 1955

Director: Charles Laughton

Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden

Writing: Screenplay by James Agee; adapted from the novel The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb

Genre tags: THRILLER