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79% Critic Match
The Night of the Hunter
“It’s a hard world for little things.”
7.9 / 10• 1955• 1h 33m•NR• English
CrimeDramaThriller
Storyline
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Cast & Crew
Robert Mitchum
Preacher Harry Powell
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Laughton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Night of the Hunter is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
