Crime ·Drama ·Thriller · United States of America · 1955 · 1h 33m

The Night of the Hunter

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Director
Charles Laughton
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
Crew
Stanley Cortez — Director of Photography Robert Golden — Editor Walter Schumann — Original Music Composer Charles Laughton — Screenplay James Agee — Screenplay Davis Grubb — Novel
Tagline

It’s a hard world for little things.

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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Mood & Themes
prisonrobberybased on novel or bookpsychopathwidowboatfanaticcountmoneyfilm noirmurderreligion
Key Collaborators
Charles Laughton Director Stanley Cortez Director of Photography Robert Golden Editor Walter Schumann Original Music Composer Charles Laughton Screenplay James Agee Screenplay Davis Grubb Novel Paul Gregory Producer
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