The Night of the Hunter

Based On the book by Davis Grubb

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. The novel and film draw on the true story of Harry Powers, who was hanged in 1932 for the murder of two widows and three children in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

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Release date:

1955

Director:

Charles Laughton

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Peter Graves

Genre:

Drama, Film noir, Crime thriller

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1955 in adaptations