The Night of the Hunter
“It’s a hard world for little things.”
19551h 33mCrime · Drama · Thriller
Released
July 26, 1955
TMDB Score
79% match · 1,928 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
DirectorCharles Laughton
- Released
- July 26, 1955
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $795.0K
- Box office
- $6.8K
- Studios
- Paul Gregory Productions, United Artists
Top Billed 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
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