The Night of the Hunter

Name: The Night of the Hunter
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce

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In 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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Cast & Crew

Director: Charles LaughtonWriter: James AgeeProducer: Paul Gregory

Robert Mitchum

as Preacher Harry Powell

Shelley Winters

as Willa Harper

Lillian Gish

as Rachel Cooper

Billy Chapin

as John Harper

Sally Jane Bruce

as Pearl Harper

James Gleason

as Uncle Birdie Steptoe

Evelyn Varden

as Icey Spoon

Don Beddoe

as Walt Spoon

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