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The Night of the Hunter

1955·1h 32m·Approved
DramaCrimeThrillerFilm-Noir
IMDb Rating
★ 8.0/10
107,744 votes
Metascore
97
Metacritic

A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.

The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 drama crime movie directed by Charles Laughton, starring Lillian Gish, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.0/10 from 107,744 votes and runs 1h 32m.

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Director
Charles Laughton
Stars
Lillian Gish
Robert Mitchum
Shelley Winters
James Gleason
Details
1955-07-27
92 min
Movie
Approved
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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