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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