猎人之夜的剧情介绍,
It's the Great Depression. In the process of robbing a bank of $10,000, Ben Harper kills two people. Before he is captured, he is able to convince his adolescent son John and his daughter Pearl not to tell anyone, including their mother Willa, where he hid the money, namely in Pearl's favorite toy, a doll that she carries everywhere with her. Ben, who is captured, tried and convicted, is sentenced to death. But before he is executed, Ben is in the state penitentiary with a cell mate, a man by the name of Harry Powell, a self-professed man of the cloth, who is really a con man and murderer, swindling lonely women, primarily rich widows, of their money before he kills them. Harry does whatever he can, unsuccessfully, to find out the location of the $10,000 from Ben. After Ben's execution, Harry decides that Willa will be his next mark, figuring that someone in the family knows where the money is hidden. Despite vowing not to remarry, Willa ends up being easy prey for Harry's outward evangelicalism; she is a pious woman who feels she needs to atone for her sins which led to Ben doing what he did, especially as Harry presents himself as the preacher who worked at the prison and provided salvation to Ben before his death. Harry quickly figures out that John and Pearl know where the money is. Conversely, John doesn't trust Harry, John who first tries not to show to Harry that he indeed does know where the money is, and then second constantly reminds a more-trusting Pearl of their promise to their now-deceased father. With Willa devoted to her new husband, John and Pearl need some other adult assistance in evading Harry's veiled threats, an adult who not only can see the honesty and goodness in children but who can also see a true wolf in sheep's clothing like Harry.
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约翰(比利·查平 Billy Chapin 饰)和佩尔(萨莉·简·布鲁斯 Sally Jane Bruce 饰)是一对苦命的兄妹,他们的父亲本(彼得·格雷夫斯 Peter Graves 饰)因抢劫和被判处绞刑。在被逮捕前,本把赃款藏在了佩尔的布娃娃里,并让他们承诺永远不泄露这个秘密。本的狱友哈利(罗伯特·米彻姆 Robert Mitchum 饰)是一个败絮其中的牧师,偶然间他得知了这笔赃款的去向,出狱后,哈利找到了本的妻子薇拉(谢利·温特斯 Shelley Winters 饰),他想方设法得到了薇拉的芳心成为了约翰和佩尔的继父,就此,哈利的阴谋开始了。哈利杀死了对于他来说毫无价值的薇拉,将他弃尸河底,又对兄妹两人威逼利诱想要套出赃款的秘密。在所有努力都没有成果之际,恼羞成怒的哈利露出的本来面目。约翰和佩尔划着小船逃离了哈利,他们一路流浪来到了一个陌生...
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开场展示了本作的本质是一则卡普拉式的童话,影片即便布满阴影和黑暗,也从未想脱离过这一点,而区别于所谓“哥特式的童话”,这是纯童话和纯恐怖的较量,而这也使那些恐怖之处,经过近乎滑稽的演绎而变得更为摄人。