The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter

★ 7.919551h 33minUnited States of AmericaEN
CrimeDramaThriller

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

Director
Charles Laughton
Status
Released
Release Date
Jul 26, 1955
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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

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