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The Night of the Hunter

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Drama
Release Date:January 1, 1955
Running time:93 minutes
Cast:Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden
Director:Charles Laughton
Producer:Paul Gregory
Writer:Davis Grubb, James Agee
Distributor:United Artists

Description: After hearing an about-to-be-hanged murderer's story about some hidden stolen loot he left in the care of his two young kids, the murderer's cell-mate, a real psychopath, is released on a petty crime and embarks on a journey to find the killer's family in the haunting masquerade of a travelling preacher. Once there, he terrorizes them with some sadistic psychological torment to get to where the money is.

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