NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, the only film ever directed by British actor Charles Laughton, is one of the most frightening of movies, with one of the most unforgettable of villians. Thrown in prision for stealing a car, Harry Powell, played by Robert Mitchum, shares a cell with a condemned killer, learns of $10,000 stashed at his house, and vows to visit the man's family upon his release. Many point to "Harry Powell," the hymn-singing psycho murderer, as Mitchum's greatest role.

This 1962 version of CAPE FEAR was one of the last gasps of film noir before a whole style of film-making vanished. After a six-year prison term a released felon seeks revenge on the former prosecutor responsible for his conviction. The film is based on the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald.