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26/07/1955 Crime, Drama, Thriller 1h 33m
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It’s a hard world for little things.

Overview

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

  1. Charles Laughton

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Mitchum

    Preacher Harry Powell

  2. Shelley Winters

    Willa Harper

  3. Lillian Gish

    Rachel Cooper

  4. Billy Chapin

    John Harper

  5. Sally Jane Bruce

    Pearl Harper

  6. James Gleason

    Uncle Birdie Steptoe

  7. Evelyn Varden

    Icey Spoon

  8. Don Beddoe

    Walt Spoon

  9. Peter Graves

    Ben Harper

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Reviews

A review by daniel white
Written by daniel white on 2016-03-22
The only film directed by the great English actor Charles Laughton, "The Night of the Hunter" is a brilliant allegory about the battle between good and evil. The film failed upon its release but is now considered a classic. Robert Mitchum has never been better as the malevolent "preacher" who marries the hapless Shelley Winters. Mitchum had been in prison with Winters husband and knows there is money to be had from a robbery the deceased husband committed, but where is it? Though Shelley falls under Mitchum"s twisted religious zeal, her children a little boy and girl instinctively know th...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$795,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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