The Night of the Hunter Page #2
INT. A BURLESQUE HOUSE -- MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT -- A DANCER
She is hard at work, to music o.s.
FULL SHOT -- AUDIENCE -- CENTERING ON PREACHER, IN AISLE
SEAT:
Among the members of the sad burlesque audience, he is in
strong contrast:
a sour and aggressive expression. Musico.s. We MOVE IN fast to a HEAD CLOSE-UP.
MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT -- THE DANCER INSERT -- PREACHER'S LEFT
HAND:
Labeled H-A-T-E in tattoo across four knuckles, it grips and
flexes.
Before we see the lettering he slides it into his pocket.
EXTREME CLOSE SHOT -- PREACHER
His head slants; a cold smile; one eyelid flutters.
INSERT -- RIGHT HAND AND POCKET
We hear the snapping open of a switch-blade knife and the
point of the knife cuts through his clothes.
LESS EXTREME CLOSE SHOT -- PREACHER
He seems to "listen" for something.
PREACHER:
No, there are too many of them; you
can't kill a world.
A hand descends firmly onto his shoulder. He glances up behind
him as we
TILT TO:
He bends down and speaks quietly next PREACHER'S ear.
TROOPER:
You driving an Essex tourin'-car
with a Moundsville license?
LAP DISSOLVE TO:
INT. COURTROOM -- CLOSE THREE-SHOT -- JUDGE AND CLERK, OVER
PREACHER:
JUDGE:
Harry Powell, for the theft of that
touring car you will spend thirty
days in the Moundsville Penitentiary.
PREACHER:
(correcting Clerk)
Preacher Harry Powell.
JUDGE:
A car thief! Picked up where you
were! A man of God?
(to Clerk)
Harry Powell.
LAP DISSOLVE TO:
FULL SHOT -- MOUNDSVILLE PENITENTIARY -- DAY (HELICOPTER)
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