“Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms,” sing both shotgun-toting child protector Lillian Gish and lurking psycho preacher Robert Mitchum, sporting a pocket switchblade and fingers tattooed “Love” and “Hate.” Fairy tale and nightmare combine in Laughton’s sole directorial effort, written by legendary critic and screenwriter James Agee. “Haunting and highly personal… clearly the work of a master.” –  New York Times. Approx. 93 min. DCP restoration.

“It’s unlike anything else before and since. And that is why this strident psychological horror stands up now as one of the great pieces of American genre cinema.” – Wendy Ide, Times UK

“A film without precedents, and without any real equals.” – David Kehr, Chicago Reader