The Night of the Hunter (1955)

07/27/1955 (US) • 1h 33m

Crime, Drama, Thriller

It’s a hard world for little things.

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Robert Mitchum

Preacher Harry Powell

Billy Chapin

John Harper

Sally Jane Bruce

Pearl Harper

Shelley Winters

Willa Harper

Lillian Gish

Rachel Cooper

James Gleason

Uncle Birdie Steptoe

Evelyn Varden

Icey Spoon

Don Beddoe

Walt Spoon

Peter Graves

Ben Harper


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$795,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

prison

robbery

based on novel or book

psychopath

widow

boat

fanatic

count

money

film noir

murder

religion

black and white

theft

preacher

gothic

doll

hymn

children on the run

ex-con

expressionism

stashed cash

southern gothic

secret

bluebeard

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