

The Night of the Hunter
1955 Directed by Charles LaughtonIn 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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Robert Mitchum
....................................................Preacher Harry Powell

Billy Chapin
....................................................John Harper

Sally Jane Bruce
....................................................Pearl Harper

Shelley Winters
....................................................Willa Harper

Lillian Gish
....................................................Rachel Cooper

James Gleason
....................................................Uncle Birdie Steptoe

Evelyn Varden
....................................................Icey Spoon
Director
...........................................................Charles Laughton
Producer
...........................................................Paul Gregory
Assistant Director
...........................................................Milton Carter
Editor
...........................................................Robert Golden
Novel
...........................................................Davis Grubb
Screenplay
...........................................................Charles Laughton
Original Music Composer
...........................................................Walter Schumann
Production Companies
...................................................Paul Gregory Productions
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Crime
Drama
Thriller
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