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The Night of the Hunter
19551h 33m7.9 / 10
It’s a hard world for little things.
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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Synopsis
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
More about The Night of the Hunter
Cast
Robert MitchumPreacher Harry Powell
Shelley WintersWilla Harper
Lillian GishRachel Cooper
Billy ChapinJohn Harper
Sally Jane BrucePearl Harper
James GleasonUncle Birdie Steptoe
Evelyn VardenIcey Spoon
Don BeddoeWalt SpoonCredits
- Directed by
- Charles Laughton
- Written by
- James Agee, Charles Laughton, Davis Grubb
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $795K
Production
- Paul Gregory ProductionsUnited States
United ArtistsUnited States
Themes
based on novel or bookblack and whitebluebeardboatchildren on the runcountdollex-con
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