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The Night of the Hunter(1955)

It’s a hard world for little things.

  • July 26, 1955
  • 1 h 33 min
  • 18
  • Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.9TMDB · 1,895 votes
8.0IMDb
93%Rotten Tomatoes
97/100Metacritic

Directed by: Charles Laughton

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

  • Robert Mitchum

    Robert Mitchum

    Preacher Harry Powell

  • Shelley Winters

    Shelley Winters

    Willa Harper

  • Lillian Gish

    Lillian Gish

    Rachel Cooper

  • Billy Chapin

    Billy Chapin

    John Harper

  • Sally Jane Bruce

    Sally Jane Bruce

    Pearl Harper

  • James Gleason

    James Gleason

    Uncle Birdie Steptoe

  • Evelyn Varden

    Evelyn Varden

    Icey Spoon

  • Don Beddoe

    Don Beddoe

    Walt Spoon

  • Peter Graves

    Peter Graves

    Ben Harper

  • James Griffith

    James Griffith

    District Attorney

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