The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

The wedding night, the anticipation, the kiss, the knife, BUT ABOVE ALL...THE SUSPENSE!

  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1955-08-26
  • User Rating: 7.893/10 from 1534 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paul Gregory Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Charles Laughton
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Summary

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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  • Billy Chapin

    as John Harper

  • Robert Mitchum

    as Harry Powell

  • Sally Jane Bruce

    as Pearl Harper

  • Lillian Gish

    as Rachel Cooper

  • Shelley Winters

    as Willa Harper

  • James Gleason

    as Birdie Steptoe

  • Evelyn Varden

    as Icey Spoon

  • Peter Graves

    as Ben Harper

  • Don Beddoe

    as Walt Spoon

  • Gloria Castillo

    as Ruby

  • James Griffith

    as District Attorney

  • Gloria Pall

    as Burlesque Dancer

  • Paul Bryar

    as Bart

  • Cheryl Callaway

    as Mary

  • Alexander Campbell

    as Judge

  • Michael Chapin

    as Ruby's Boyfriend

  • Roy Engel

    as Sheriff

  • Kay Lavelle

    as Miz Cunningham

  • Frances Morris

    as Bart's Wife

  • Rudy Germane

    as Townsman (uncredited)
Writing Davis Grubb Novel
Writing James Agee Screenplay
Directing Charles Laughton Director
Production Paul Gregory Producer
Camera Stanley Cortez Director of Photography
Editing Robert Golden Editor
Writing Charles Laughton Screenplay
Sound Walter Schumann Original Music Composer
Art Hilyard M. Brown Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Kay Shea Hairstylist
Sound Stanford Houghton Sound
Crew Louis DeWitt Special Effects
Production Ruby Rosenberg Production Manager
Art Joe LaBella Property Master
Crew Jack Rabin Special Effects
Art Alfred E. Spencer Set Decoration
Directing Milton Carter Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Don L. Cash Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Jerry Bos Wardrobe Designer
Costume & Make-Up Evelyn Carruth Wardrobe Assistant

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