This collection contains the original 259 page edited manuscript for Davis Grubb's 1953 acclaimed novel, The Night of the Hunter. The pages of the work are unbound and include extensive notes; Grubb contributes by use of black ink, and editorial corrections are in red ink. Additionally, fifteen pages are included that comprise an annotated rough draft of the novel’s front matter. This includes a title page, a copyright page, a dedication, a table of contents, and "Epigraph" from Moby Dick, and the first four pages of book one, “The Hanging Man.” In varying colors, editions and deletions are found throughout. A circular red stamp on the back of several pages of this draft reveals that it was received for edit on June 23, 1953. Also included are three photographs taken from the set of the 1955 copyrighted film adaptation of the novel, with credits under each photograph. These pictures illustrate director Charles Laughton guiding and interacting with the cast of the movie.