Film
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · 1h 33m · Crime · Drama · Thriller
It’s a hard world for little things.
- IMDb
- 8.0
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 93%
- Metacritic
- 97
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Overview
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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Cast
Robert Mitchum
Preacher Harry Powell
Shelley Winters
Willa Harper
Lillian Gish
Rachel Cooper
Billy Chapin
John Harper
Sally Jane Bruce
Pearl Harper
James Gleason
Uncle Birdie Steptoe
Evelyn Varden
Icey Spoon
Don Beddoe
Walt Spoon
Peter Graves
Ben Harper
James Griffith
District Attorney
Gloria Castillo
Ruby
Gloria Pall
Burlesque Dancer
Paul Bryar
Bart (uncredited)
Cheryl Callaway
Mary
Alexander Campbell
Judge
Michael Chapin
Ruby's Boyfriend
Crew
- Charles LaughtonScreenplay · Director
- James AgeeScreenplay
- Davis GrubbNovel
- Paul GregoryProducer
- Stanley CortezDirector of Photography
- Walter SchumannOriginal Music Composer
- Robert GoldenEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 26, 1955
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- M
- Budget
- $795,000
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
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