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Directing actors

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The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Terry Sanders, Robert Gitt, F. X. Feeney, Preston Neal Jones
1. And here is where, right around in here is where that shot occurred originally. Exactly. Where they did that bit of action. And this is one of the scenes where Mitchum pitched in and helped Lawton direct the actors. The kids. The kids. He showed Sally Jane Bruce how sharp the knife was before the dinner scene that's coming up. So she would be very conscious of it. Yes, that's right.
  
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