The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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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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

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• The Town
• House of Strangers
• The Pelican Brief
• Traitor
• Appointment with Death
• Werckmeister Harmonies
• Devil's Knot
• Evil Under the Sun