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THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed, is truly a standalone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear, The Friends of Eddie Coyle) as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters (A Place in the Sun, The Diary of Anne Frank) are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic - also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish (Intolerance, Duel in the Sun) and writer James Agee, is cinema's quirkiest rendering of the battle between good and evil.
Original Release
07/27/1955
US Release
07/27/1955
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Mitchum | Harry Powell |
Shelley Winters | Willa Harper |
Lillian Gish | Rachel Cooper |
James Gleason | Uncle Birdie Steptoe / Birdie Steptoe |
Evelyn Varden | Icey Spoon |
Peter Graves | Ben Harper |
Don Beddoe | Walt Spoon |
Billy Chapin | John Harper |
Sally Jane Bruce | Pearl Harper |
Gloria Castillo | Ruby |
Directors
Writers
Charles Laughton, Davis Grubb, James Agee
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Mitchum | Harry Powell |
Shelley Winters | Willa Harper |
Lillian Gish | Rachel Cooper |
James Gleason | Uncle Birdie Steptoe / Birdie Steptoe |
Evelyn Varden | Icey Spoon |
Peter Graves | Ben Harper |
Don Beddoe | Walt Spoon |
Billy Chapin | John Harper |
Sally Jane Bruce | Pearl Harper |
Gloria Castillo | Ruby |
Corey Allen | Young Man in Town |
Oscar Blank | Townsman |
Paul Bryar | Bart the Hangman |
Nora Bush | Townswoman |
Cheryl Callaway | Mary |
Alexander Campbell | Judge |
Michael Chapin | Ruby's Boyfriend |
Noble 'Kid' Chissell | Townsman |
Mary Ellen Clemons | Clary |
John Dennis | Prison Guard |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul Gregory | Producer |