The Night of the Hunter
About The Night of the Hunter
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 crime thriller film directed by Charles Laughton. Released in July 1955, it runs 93 minutes.
Robert Mitchum appears as Preacher Harry Powell, Shelley Winters as Willa Harper, Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper, and Billy Chapin as John Harper. Written by Charles Laughton and James Agee. It is adapted from a novel.
Shelv files it under film noir, money, widow, and ex-con. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel, fuboTV, and MGM+ Amazon Channel.
Shadow of a Doubt, The Silence of the Lambs, and Psycho make useful companions to The Night of the Hunter, all filed under black and white and bluebeard. It scores 7.9 out of 10 from 1,931 TMDB voters.