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==Related works== In 1974, film archivists Robert Gitt and Anthony Slide retrieved several boxes of photographs, sketches, memos, and letters relating to the film from Laughton's widow [[Elsa Lanchester]] for the [[American Film Institute]]. Lanchester also gave the Institute over 80,000 feet of rushes and outtakes from the filming.<ref>Satola, Mark. [http://chordanddiscord.blogspot.com/ ''Preview: A Rare Look Behind The Scenes Of The Night Of The Hunter'']</ref> In 1981, this material was sent to the [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]] where, for the next 20 years, they were edited into a two-and-half hour documentary that premiered in 2002, at UCLA's Festival of Preservation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinema.wisc.edu/series/2009_spring/ucla.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622192335/http://cinema.wisc.edu/series/2009_spring/ucla.htm|url-status=dead|title="Treasures from the UCLA Film and Television Archive"|archive-date=June 22, 2009}}</ref> The film was [[Night of the Hunter (1991 film)|remade in 1991]] as a [[Television film|TV movie]] starring [[Richard Chamberlain]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102533/ |title=Night of the Hunter (1991) TV Movie |website=[[IMDb]] |date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> The band [[Cardiacs]] have referenced the movie on numerous occasions. On their 1999 album [[Guns_(Cardiacs_album)|Guns]], the songs 'Clean That Evil Mud Out Your Soul' and 'Wind and Rains Is Cold' both feature lyrics derived from dialogue from the movie. The cover art of their 1996 album [[Sing to God]] is also a homage to the opening shot of the film. In 2020, it was reported that [[Universal Pictures]] is working on a remake of the film set in the present day, and being written by Matt Orton.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |title='Night of the Hunter' Remake in the Works at Universal (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/night-of-the-hunter-remake-universal-1234573387/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=April 7, 2020| access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref> In 2023, [[The Libertines]] released a single titled ''Night of the Hunter'', which takes its title from the film and contains several lyrical allusions to its characters and plot. [[Pete Doherty|Peter Doherty]], who co-wrote the song, said to the [[NME]]: “We got the title from Charles Laughton’s directorial debut ''Night Of The Hunter'' starring Robert Mitchum as a preacher with ‘LOVE’ and ‘HATE’ tattooed on his knuckles”.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=2023-12-06 |title=Listen to The Libertines' new single 'Night Of The Hunter' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-the-libertines-new-single-night-of-the-hunter-3554310 |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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