The Night of the Hunter
Released
July 26, 1955
Runtime: 1h 33m
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 & Crew
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)
- CC
Cheryl Callaway
Mary
- AC
Alexander Campbell
Judge
Michael Chapin
Ruby's Boyfriend
- RE
Roy Engel
Sheriff
- KL
Kay Lavelle
Miz Cunningham
Charles Laughton
Director
James Agee
Screenplay
Charles Laughton
Screenplay
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