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The Night of the Hunter
It’s a hard world for little things.
Jul 26, 1955 · 1h 33m
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Crime
Drama
Thriller
PLOT
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
Preacher Harry Powell
Shelley Winters
Willa Harper
Lillian Gish
Rachel Cooper
Billy Chapin
John Harper
Sally Jane Bruce
Pearl Harper
James Gleason
Uncle Birdie Steptoe
Evelyn Varden
Icey Spoon
Don Beddoe
Walt Spoon
Directed by
Charles Laughton
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$795,000
Revenue
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Production
Paul Gregory Productions, United Artists
Country
US
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