The night of the hunter: children & adults in the secret

Abstract

Night of the Hunter is the 1956 Charles Laughton’s film considered one of the best discussions about childhood. In this film, the story revolves around the fate of John and Pearl, two orphaned siblings whose father was hanged for stealing. The father had given the children the money, and they hid the money inside the girl’s doll. When the Preacher Powell enters their lives , both John and Pearl are in danger. The siblings have to keep a secret which is both where they put the money, and the fact that, for children, money is simply paper.

Keywords

• Hollywood
• childhood
• violence
• money
• secret
• adulthood.