35mm | 1955 | Directed by Charles Laughton | United States | 92 mins | English
Free admission. No registration required.
New print! A serial killer and self-styled preacher pursues a gullible widow he hopes to swindle, while her two young children try to keep his tattooed fingers off their father’s stolen loot. Set in West Virginia during the Great Depression, this nightmarish noir thriller stars Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Lillian Gish. “One of the great movie horror tales, with one of the greatest of all movie villains” (Michael Wilmington).
Part of the “Cinemix” series of stand-alone screenings of standout films.
Presented by the Yale Film Archive and the Yale Film & Media Studies Program.
