---
title: 'The Night of the Hunter (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charles Laughton'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-night-of-the-hunter-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048424/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Night of the Hunter (1955)

1955 · 89 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American Southern Gothic horror-thriller film directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. The screenplay by James Agee was based on the 1953 novel by Davis Grubb. The plot is about Preacher Harry Powell (Mitchum), a serial killer who poses as a preacher and pursues two children in an attempt to get his hands on $10,000 of stolen cash hidden by their late father.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Laughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-laughton), [James Agee](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-agee), [Davis Grubb](https://cinepixo.com/people/davis-grubb)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Walter Schumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-schumann)
- **Producer:** [Paul Gregory](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-gregory)
- **Director of Photography:** [Stanley Cortez](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-cortez)

## Cast

- [Lillian Gish](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-gish) as Rachel Cooper
- [Shelley Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/shelley-winters) as Willa Harper
- [James Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-griffith) as District Attorney
- [Evelyn Varden](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyn-varden) as Icey Spoon
- [Billy Chapin](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-chapin) as John Harper
- [James Gleason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-gleason) as Uncle Birdie Steptoe
- [Peter Graves](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-graves-2) as Ben Harper
- [Robert Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mitchum) as Reverend Harry Powell
- [Don Beddoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-beddoe) as Walt Spoon
- [Sally Jane Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-jane-bruce) as Pearl Harper

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