'The Night of the Hunter' in 1955 was the only film to be directed by which actor?
The Night of the Hunter (film) Laughton's widow Elsa Lanchester for the American Film Institute. Lanchester also gave the Institute over 80,000 feet of rushes and outtakes from the filming. In 1981, this material was sent to the UCLA Film and Television Archive where, for the next 20 years, they were edited into a two-and-half hour documentary that premiered in 2002, at UCLA's Festival of Preservation. The film was remade in 1991 as a TV movie starring Richard Chamberlain. The Night of the Hunter (film) The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller directed by Charles Laughton, and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and
The Night of the Hunter (film) A recurring musical device involves the preacher making his presence known by singing the traditional hymn "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms". Mitchum also recorded the soundtrack version of the hymn. "The Night of the Hunter" premiered on July 26, 1955 in Des Moines, Iowa. To promote the film, the "Los Angeles Herald-Express" serialized the film's script throughout April 1955. The film also received an extensive promotional campaign from United Artists. It later had its premiere in Los Angeles on August 26, 1955, and in New York on September 29, 1955. "The Night of the Hunter" was not a success with