The Night of the Hunter
19551h 33m7.9
Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genre
- Crime
- Budget
- $795,000
- Revenue
- $6,750
- Origin
- United States of America
About
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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Details
- Director
- Charles Laughton
- Writing
- James Agee, Charles Laughton
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Jul 26, 1955
- Budget
- $0.8M
- Box office
- $0.0M
- Studio
- Paul Gregory Productions, United Artists
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
Alexander Campbell
Judge
Michael Chapin
Ruby's Boyfriend
Roy Engel
Sheriff
Kay Lavelle
Miz Cunningham
Frances Morris
Bart's Wife
Rudy Germane
Townsman (uncredited)
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