The Night of the Hunter
It’s a hard world for little things.
7.9(1,865) 1955-07-26 93 minCrimeDramaThriller
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
ProducerPaul Gregory
ScreenplayCharles Laughton
DirectorCharles Laughton
Original Music ComposerWalter Schumann
ScreenplayJames Agee
Cast & characters
Robert Mitchum
as Preacher Harry Powell
Shelley Winters
as Willa Harper
Lillian Gish
as Rachel Cooper
Billy Chapin
as John Harper
Sally Jane Bruce
as Pearl Harper
James Gleason
as Uncle Birdie Steptoe
Evelyn Varden
as Icey Spoon
Don Beddoe
as Walt Spoon
Peter Graves
as Ben Harper
James Griffith
as District Attorney
Gloria Castillo
as Ruby
Gloria Pall
as Burlesque Dancer
Paul Bryar
as Bart (uncredited)
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Cheryl Callaway
as Mary
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Alexander Campbell
as Judge
Michael Chapin
as Ruby's Boyfriend
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Roy Engel
as Sheriff
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Kay Lavelle
as Miz Cunningham
Frances Morris
as Bart's Wife
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Rudy Germane
as Townsman (uncredited)
