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i've removed the references here and in the "list of noir films" to this film as a "film noir". reasons are stated in the last paragraph under "plot". ironic that the second reference given in the article is to an online piece titled "Night of the Hunter: Not Noir"; neither the empire films nor roger ebert review's use "noir" to describe it. stylistically and in terms of its moral parable the film has much more resonance with F.W. Murnau's "Sunrise". NOTH is a unique film and should be approached without knee jerk labels, particularly a label applied to crime films about adults behaving badly with other adults. Macevoy ( talk) 06:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
It's a somewhat subtle point, but I would object to characterizations in this article that Harry Powell is "masquerading" as a preacher, or pretending to be a preacher. It's a significant point of the character that he is in fact a man of God - at least in his own twisted mind. He might not be wanting to tell people what else he does, but he has himself thinking that he's doing the Lord's work. Not just Harry Powell but THE LORD hates those perfume smelling things. 4.89.130.49 18:36, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
In the influences/references section, there are a number of examples of words tattooed on fingers in other movies, etc. I wonder if these are, in fact, all related to The Night of the Hunter. That is, they have a common element to the movie, but that doesn't necessarily imply influence by, or reference of, the film. It seems to me that just having words tattooed on fingers is not enough evidence to support inclusion in this article. What do others think? Doctormatt 23:39, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot 21:37, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
I have removed this section for being against WP:OR, WP:EMBED, and WP:TRIVIA.-- SeizureDog ( talk) 23:48, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Do you think this would be beneficial to the article?-- GermanicSnake ( talk) 17:34, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
This film is where it actually comes from and it's world-wide known this tattoo, plus I think it looks good on the article and not just the front cover of the film.-- GermanicSnake ( talk) 13:53, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
what happened to the money 98.46.117.190 ( talk) 04:12, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
The current synopsis reads
> Ben Harper, an impoverished father who killed two men in a bank robbery for $10,000 so his children would not go hungry
which makes it sound like his children were actually in some danger of going hungry. We don't actually see this in any way, nor do we see him being particularly impoverished. He does talk about seeing a lot of poverty and swearing that this wouldn't happen to his children, but it seems like it's an open question whether this isn't just a lie he tells himself to justify the robbery and murders, as opposed to a requirement for his children's survival. I mean, personally it seems like a lie to me (either that or the movie's own depiction of those children's condition is somehow non-canon), but we shouldn't write the plot summary as if it definitely isn't. Dingsuntil ( talk) 17:57, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
"Over time, The Night of the Hunter has been reassessed and is now an undisputed classic."
Is it ok to call something a "classic" as a factual statement in an encyclopedia? Isn't it more of a subjective thing rather than saying "it is widely regarded as a classic"? Is it against NPOV? Also: "undisputed"? Isn't it unprovable that literally every single person on the planet likes the movie? I'm asking out of curiosity. Dornwald ( talk) 02:11, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
I'm surprised Hollywood hasn't tried to make a sequel since the reverend survived. They make sequels to everything else. There was even talk of a No Country for Old Men sequel with Anton Chigurrgh at one point. 71.251.236.155 ( talk) 00:29, 2 June 2024 (UTC)