

The Night of the Hunter
July 26, 1955•1h 33m•★ 7.9
CrimeDramaThriller
“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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Director
Charles LaughtonCast

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
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Cheryl Callaway
Mary
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Alexander Campbell
Judge

Michael Chapin
Ruby's Boyfriend
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Roy Engel
Sheriff
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Kay Lavelle
Miz Cunningham

Frances Morris
Bart's Wife
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Rudy Germane
Townsman (uncredited)

