The Night of the Hunter

"The completed product, bewitching at times, loses sustained drive via too many offbeat touches that have a misty effect."

"There's the absolute authority of Mitchum's performance -- easy, charming, infinitely sinister."

"All this has been crisply compacted into clear screen drama by the late James Agee and it is put forth under the direction of Mr. Laughton in stark, rigid visual terms."

"One of the most frightening of movies."

"A monochrome masterpiece, pure cinematic alchemy and just about every other superlative that spells genius."