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In 1955, director Charles Laughton crafted one of the darkest, strangest fairytales ever to come out of Hollywood.

Charles Laughton Biography From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English-American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter.

Charles Laughton ’s sole film as a director starred Robert Mitchum as a brutal serial killer who poses as a preacher in a small town in order to steal $10,000 from a young widow.

Classic Hollywood during the studio system era (roughly 1925-55) is associated with glamorous images of beautiful women and handsome men like Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Gary Cooper, and Errol Flynn, ...

1.Charles Laughton made his only feature film in 1955 with The Night of the Hunter, a beloved classic of noir cinema. General Photographic Agency / Getty Images, Sunset Boulevard / Corbis via ...