La morte corre sul fiume

Titolo originale: The Night of the Hunter
Regia: Charles Laughton |
Anno: 1955
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Dramma Thriller
Tag: prison | robbery | based on novel or book | psychopath | widow | boat | fanatic | count | money | film noir | murder | religion | black and white | theft | preacher | gothic | doll | hymn | children on the run | ex-con | expressionism | stashed cash | southern gothic | secret | bluebeard |
Cast: Robert Mitchum | Billy Chapin | Sally Jane Bruce | Shelley Winters | Lillian Gish | James Gleason | Evelyn Varden | Don Beddoe | Peter Graves | James Griffith | Gloria Castillo | Gloria Pall | Paul Bryar | Cheryl Callaway | Alexander Campbell | Michael Chapin | Roy Engel | Kay Lavelle | Frances Morris | Rudy Germane |

Harry Powell, pastore protestante, uccide alcune vedove per denaro. Uccide anche Willa Harper, ma i suoi due figlioletti gli danno filo da torcere. Riescono a fuggire da lui allontanandosi sul fiume con una barca. In loro soccorso giunge una cara vecchietta, Rachel, che dà rifugio ai bambini abbandonati. Grande fiaba orrorifica, più per atmosfera che per scene violente, resa convincente da una regia secca e originale. Harry come orco, Rachel come fata e i due fratelli come Hansel e Gretel.

Errori

The "movie money" used as the stolen $10,000 is actually Mexican revolutionary currency of 1914-15 [...] D
(at around 39 mins) When Willa Harper is lying in bed talking to Harry her mouth movements are out [...] D
The film is set in the 1930s, but John wears 1950s sneakers. D
(at around 14 mins) When John is telling Pearl the bedtime story, Harry's shadow appears on the bed [...] D
(at around 1h 3 mins) When John and Pearl are in the barn at dusk, there is a time-lapse sequence o [...] D
(at around 41 mins) Mr. Spoon opens the cabinet to get the peach brandy. In the next shot, the cabi [...] D
(at around 22 mins) On the riverside when Willa and Harry are talking, Willa's hands and purse are [...] D
(at around 23 mins) When Icey Spoon negatively talks about being married to Walt for 40 years at th [...] D
(at around 15 mins) Powell's shadow appears in the room of the children; in the next frame, he is s [...] D
Near the end, John Harper is on the witness stand during Harry Powell's trial for Willa Harper's mu [...] D
When Harry tells Willa to stand in front of the mirror, Harry is briefly seen in the reflection and [...] D
The back cover of the movie magazine Harry buys for Ruby is completely blank. D
(at around 53 mins) In the basement scene, John pulled down the overhead shelf with the jam or oils [...] D
When Powell chases the children up the cellar stairs and John slams the door on Powell's hand, the [...] D
(at around 1h 10 mins) Although story is set in the Depression, a Forties era photo of Ingrid Bergm [...] D
(at around 56 mins) When the children escape by the river, the boat goes down the river against the [...] D
(at around 1h 22 mins) A wire is visible on the owl before it catches the rabbit. D
(at around 22 mins) When Harry and Willa are talking on the riverside, he has his arms crossed, wit [...] D
(at around 1h 17 mins) When Harry says good morning to Ruby and Mrs. Cooper, he holds his hat about [...] D
(at around 1h 5 mins) When the children are asleep in the boat drifting downriver, right after a cl [...] D
Some of the stars in the simulated night sky of some scenes are uncharacteristically blinking slowl [...] D
When Harry is standing in front of the moonlit window and talking to Willa, who is lying down on th [...] D
(at around 29 mins) On the honeymoon night, when Willa approaches the bed, Harry stands up and ligh [...] D
At the cabin while John tries to stir drunken Uncle Birdie, Pearl is visible in the background on t [...] D
A man who is sentenced to only thirty days for a misdemeanor would be sent to the county jail, and [...] D
(at around 41 mins) After he drinks direct from the brandy bottle, Mr. Spoon changes the bottle to [...] D
(at around 1h 22 mins) After Harry Powell disappears from in front of Ms. Cooper's yard, a barn owl [...] D
(at around 49 mins) When Harry tells the children about their "fine dinner, with fried chicken..." [...] D
(at around 1h 6 mins) When the children are in the boat overnight and it drifts onto shore, the oar [...] D
(at around 59 mins) The turtle that John says could be made into soup is actually a desert tortoise [...] D