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The Night of the Hunter : "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms"

Willa's (Shelley Winters) body sits at the bottom of the river. John (Billy Chapin) and Pearl (Sally Jane Bruce) hide from Harry (Robert Mitchum).

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close-up, diegetic sound, dissolve, eyeline match, framing, full shot, iris, leitmotif (sound), low angle, low-key lighting, makeup, medium shot, montage, music, nondiegetic, reaction shot, set, shallow focus, shot/reverse shot, sound advance, superimposition, tilt, two-shot, water-effects tank

Diversity in Media Representation

LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White American

""Leaning on the Everlasting Arms"" in The Night of the Hunter. Directed by Charles Laughton, Paul Gregory Productions, 1955, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3309

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