The Night of the Hunter
- Original title
- The Night of the Hunter
- Year
- 1955
- Running time
- 93 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- James Agee. Novel: Davis Grubb
- Cast
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- Robert Mitchum
- Billy Chapin
- Sally Ann Bruce
- Shelley Winters
- Lillian Gish
- Peter Graves
- Evelyn Varden
- James Gleason
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- Music
- Cinematography
Stanley Cortez (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Mystery. Drama. Film noir. Thriller | Small Town Life (North-american). Southern Gothic. Childhood
- Movie Groups
- Davis Grubb Adaptations
- Synopsis
- 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.
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