The Night of the Hunter
Directed by Charles Laughton
Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Don Beddoe, Peter Graves, James Griffith
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In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- Davis Grubb, Charles Laughton, James Agee
- Music
- Walter Schumann
- Cinematography
- Stanley Cortez
- Cast
- Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Don Beddoe, Peter Graves, James Griffith, Gloria Castillo, Gloria Pall
Updated July 22, 2026
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