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The Night of the Hunter

“It’s a hard world for little things.”

12 · 24 Nov 1955 · 93 min · English

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The film

Synopsis

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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Cast & characters

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

Behind the camera

Key crew

Director: Charles Laughton
Writing: Charles Laughton, Davis Grubb, James Agee
Cinematography: Stanley Cortez
Original music: Walter Schumann

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