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The Night of the Hunter

Original Release Date: Aug 6, 1955


When a father's last words to his young son and daughter concern the secret location of a stolen fortune, psychotic preacher Harry Powell decides to do whatever it takes - even kill - to learn its hiding place. When he marries their fragile widowed mother, the children realize their only chance for survival lies on the run. This 1955 noir classic is now considered to be one of the scariest films of all-time. "Chilling." (Roger Ebert) "Shocking." (The Village Voice) "A terrifying masterpiece." (TV Guide)


  • Cast

  • Robert Mitchum
  • Shelley Winters
  • Billy Chapin
  • Lillian Gish
  • Peter Graves
  • Crew

  • Art Director: Hilyard M. Brown
  • Screenplay: James Agee
  • Costume Designer: Jerry Bos
  • Cinematographer: Stanley Cortez
  • Costume Designer: Evelyn Caruth
  • Producer: Paul Gregory
  • Editor: Robert Golden
  • Director: Charles Laughton
  • Composer: Walter Schumann

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Rated NR

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