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The Night of the Hunter

1955

1h 33m

7.87

Crime, Drama, Thriller

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Cast

Robert Mitchum

Preacher Harry Powell

Billy Chapin

John Harper

Sally Jane Bruce

Pearl Harper

Shelley Winters

Willa Harper

Lillian Gish

Rachel Cooper

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

Michael Chapin

Ruby's Boyfriend

Roy Engel

Sheriff

Rudy Germane

Townsman (uncredited)

Cheryl Callaway

Mary

Alexander Campbell

Judge

Kay Lavelle

Miz Cunningham

Frances Morris

Bart's Wife

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