The Night of the Hunter

Robert Mitchum stars in this thriller set in the 1930s in the rural American South. Psychopathic preacher Harry Powell (Mitchum) is arrested for a minor offence in a small West Virginian town. His cellmate, Ben Harper (Peter Graves), who faces the death penalty, confides that he has hidden $10,000 from a bank robbery. When Powell is released Harper has already been hanged, so the preacher tracks down his widow and children in an attempt to get his hands on the loot.

Cinematographer: Stanley Cortez
Producer: Paul Gregory
Director: Charles Laughton
Actor: James Gleason
Actor: Lillian Gish
Writer: James Agee
Actor: Don Beddoe
Actor: Gloria Castillo
Actor: Peter Graves
Actor: Evelyn Varden
Actor: Billy Chapin
Music: Walter Schumann
Actor: Shelley Winters
Actor: Sally Jane Bruce
Actor: Robert Mitchum