The Night of the Hunter

September. 29,1955      NR
Rating:
8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

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

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