The Night of the Hunter

1955 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

The Night of the Hunter
Mystery Drama Film noir Thriller Small Town Life (USA) Southern Gothic Childhood

A schizophrenic preacher (Robert Mitchum) - possibly the devil himself - relentlessly hunts two small children (Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce) across the Depression-era Bible Belt to get at their dead fathers stolen fortune.

Direction Charles Laughton

Cast Robert Mitchum · Billy Chapin · Sally Ann Bruce · Shelley Winters · Lillian Gish · Peter Graves · Evelyn Varden · James Gleason

Soundtrack Walter Schumann

Screenplay James Agee · Davis Grubb

Cinematography Stanley Cortez

Original title The Night of the Hunter

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