The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Kernel Score: 89% · 1,789 ratings
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1955-07-26
Runtime: 93 minutes
Overview
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 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