Caddyshack

A belated sequel in 1988, Caddyshack II, was not well received by critics or the public. There was a 1991 made for television version of Night of The Hunter, staring Richard Chamberlain as Powell. Caddyshack shares a similar feel to Animal House (1978), also co-written by Ramis and Kenney. well after four decades (.)" [1] (http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/greatmovies/night_of_hunter.html). The second is an illegal high-stakes gambling match which forces Danny to side either with Czervik or Smails, at the end of which Spackler dynamites the majority of the course trying - unsuccessfully - to kill the gopher. Roger Ebert has written of the film, "It is one of the most frightening of movies, with one of the most unforgettable of villains, and on both of those scores it holds up .. In the first, Noonan wins a college scholarship and the favour of Smails. Despite its initial lack of success, Night of the Hunter later found a cult following, and has since been praised as a masterpiece, and one of the finest of films noir.

The plot, such as it is, hinges on two key golf matches. Stanley Cortez' striking cinematography has been noted and imitated, and Mitchum's chilling and sinister performance has been especially praised. Out of the fight, but periodically crossing paths with the others, is Carl Spackler (Murray), a lunatic assistant greenskeeper locked in an increasingly armed death-struggle with a gopher. Caligari, and some sequences are very dreamlike. Ty Webb (Chase) is a well-to-do but unassuming golf savant who blithely plays both sides of the brawl. Laughton drew heavily on the harsh, angular look of 1920's expressionist films, such as The Cabinet of Dr. The club is represented by the chronically uptight Judge Smails (Knight) and opposite him the vulgar, noisy, witty self-made man Al Czervik (Dangerfield) and a group of caddies including Danny Noonan (O'Keefe). This response is probably a reason that the film was the only one Laughton ever directed.

Set primarily on the golf course at Bushwood Country Club, the story is a farcical clash between classes, on one side the wealthy and privileged and on the other, the anarchic, young and noisy. Upon its release, Night of the Hunter was not a success with either audiences or critics. Grossing almost $40 million in the US alone (16th highest of the year) it was the first of a series of similar comedies.
. The film was Ramis's first feature and was a major boost to Dangerfield's film career: he was previously known mostly for his stand-up comedy. The children--especially John--resist Powell, and find sanctuary with Rachel Cooper (Gish). Doyle-Murray also has a supporting role. A famed scene shows the dead Willa, seated in a Model T at the bottom of a river.

It stars Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe and Bill Murray. He woos and marries Harper's widow, Willa (Winters) in order to obtain the robbery money, and eventually kills her. Caddyshack is a 1980 US comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis and Douglas Kenney. Upon his release from prison, Powell masquerades as a preacher. Harper is sentenced to hang for his part in a robbery, but hid the money from the robbery, and trusted his children John (Chapin) and Pearl (Bruce)--about ten and five years old, respectively--with the money's location. Mitchum portrays Harry Powell--one of his hands tattooed with "LOVE" on its knuckles, the other tattooed "HATE"--who shares a prison cell with Ben Harper (Graves).

The film is set in the Midwestern United States (the Ohio River is mentioned as being fairly close by); the era is never explicitly stated, but seems to be during the Great Depression.
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. Laughton would also direct the film that has since been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

It was adapted for the screen by James Agee and Charles Laughton. In 1955 a motion picture in the film noir style was made from the novel. The book was a national bestseller and was voted a finalist for the 1955 National Book Award.
The Night of the Hunter is a 1953 novel by American author, Davis Grubb.

Now watch 'em! Old brother left hand, left hand he's a fighting, and it looks like love's a goner. But wait a minute! Hot dog, love's a winning! Yessirree! It's love that's won, and old left hand hate is down for the count!". Those fingers, dear hearts, is always a-warring and a-tugging, one agin t'other. Now watch, and I'll show you the story of life. The right hand, friends, the hand of love.

Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil? H-A-T-E! It was with this left hand that old brother Cain struck the blow that laid his brother low. L-O-V-E! You see these fingers, dear hearts? These fingers has veins that run straight to the soul of man. "Ah, little lad, you're staring at my fingers. Bruce Springsteen's "Cautious Man": "On his right hand Billy'd tattooed the word 'love'/ and on his left hand was the word 'fear'/ And in which hand he held his fate was never clear". The Simpsons episode "Cape Feare" features Sideshow Bob with tattooed knuckles, however, "Since he's a cartoon character with only three knuckles, his tattoo reads 'L-U-V-' and 'H-A-T,' with a line drawn over the middle 'A,' to get that 'long a' sound." [2] (http://home.sprintmail.com/~sknolle/mitchum/hunter.html).

In Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, the character Radio Raheem delivers an-almost verbatim version of Powell's famed monologue about his tattooed hands (see below), only with brass knuckle rings replacing the tattoos. The Coen Brothers The Man Who Wasn't There features a shot directly inspired by Night of the Hunter, only with Jon Polito dead in a car at the bottom of a river, in imitation of Shelly Winters. The Clash's "Death or Glory" from 1979's London Calling includes the line, "Love and Hate tattooed across the knuckles on his hands". The narrator of Nick Cave's "The Mercy Seat" from his Tender Prey album seems to be a man very similar to Powell facing his execution: "My kill-hand tattooed 'Evil' across its brother's fist/That filthy five, they did nothing to resist".

Gloria Castillo  : Ruby. Sally Jane Bruce  : Pearl Harper. Billy Chapin  : John Harper. Don Beddoe  : Walt Spoon.

Peter Graves  : Ben Harper. Evelyn Varden  : Icey Spoon. James Gleason  : Birdie Steptoe. Lillian Gish  : Rachel Cooper.

Shelley Winters  : Willa Harper. Robert Mitchum  : Harry Powell.