The Night of the Hunter

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

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

Peter Graves

Ben Harper

James Griffith

District Attorney

Gloria Castillo

Ruby

Gloria Pall

Burlesque Dancer

Paul Bryar

Bart (uncredited)

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Cheryl Callaway

Mary

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Alexander Campbell

Judge

Michael Chapin

Ruby's Boyfriend

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Roy Engel

Sheriff

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Kay Lavelle

Miz Cunningham

Frances Morris

Bart's Wife

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Rudy Germane

Townsman (uncredited)

Crew

Art

• Hilyard M. Brown Art Direction
• Alfred E. Spencer Set Decoration
• Joe LaBella Property Master

Camera

• Stanley Cortez Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Kay Shea Hairstylist
• Don L. Cash Makeup Artist
• Jerry Bos Wardrobe Designer
• Evelyn Carruth Wardrobe Assistant

Crew

• Jack Rabin Special Effects
• Louis DeWitt Special Effects

Directing

• Charles Laughton Director
• Milton Carter Assistant Director

Editing

• Robert Golden Editor

Production

• Paul Gregory Producer
• Ruby Rosenberg Production Manager

Sound

• Walter Schumann Original Music Composer
• Stanford Houghton Sound

Writing

• Davis Grubb Novel
• James Agee Screenplay
• Charles Laughton Screenplay

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