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.
- genus: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Studio: Paul Gregory Productions, United Artists
- keyword: prison, robbery, based on novel or book, psychopath, widow, boat, fanatic, count, money, film noir, murder, religion, theft, preacher, gothic, doll, hymn, children on the run, ex-con, expressionism, stashed cash, southern gothic, secret, bluebeard
- cast: Billy Chapin, Robert Mitchum, Sally Jane Bruce, Lillian Gish, Shelley Winters, James Gleason
