The Night of the Hunter

1955•1h 33m•Dir. Charles Laughton

7.9

CrimeDramaThriller

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Jul 26, 1955

1h 33m

$795,000

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

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Also available in: AE, AO, AR

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