Night Of The Hunter
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
David Greene
Diana Scarwid
Rich Valliere
George Nannarello
Amy Bebout
Paula Dean
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A psychotic preacher marries a widow, convinced that she is heiress to a fortune that she actually knows nothing about. When the woman is brutally slain, her children flee the small town with the preacher in hot pursuit.
Director
David Greene
Cast
Diana Scarwid
Rich Valliere
George Nannarello
Amy Bebout
Paula Dean
Dick Olsen
Reid Binion
Pat Hall
Rick Warner
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Richard Chamberlain
Ray Mckinnon
Ed Grady
Michael Lynn Burgess
Tony Franciscus
Robert Treveiler
Bob Pentz
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Burgess Meredith
Jeffrey Pillars
Mary Nell Santacroce
Joe Inscoe
Bobby Mclamb
Crew
Stephanie Adams
Alan Aldridge
Sheila Allen
Monte Bass
Charles C Bennett
Maxine Bergen
Ellen Marie Blum
Jock Brandis
Roy Bryson
Chez Casting
Gary Epper
Lauren Friedland
Herb Gains
Jai Galati
Shay Griffin
Davis Grubb
Pat Hall
David Blake Hartley
Herb Harton
Cynthia Hochman-price
Jeremy Hoenack
Jeremy Hoenack
Melissa Hofmann
Greg Hull
Neil Hyman
Jeff Johnson
Tom Jones
Diana Kerew
Diana Kerew
Frank Konigsberg
A. Welch Lambeth
Claude Lawrence
Lance Luckey
Paul E Martin
Robert Mcbride
Lydia Milars
Jeff Moore
Ron Orieux
Gene Poole
Peter Manning Robinson
Alicia Rudd
John Sanders
Larry Sanitsky
Skip Schoolnick
Ron Sistare
Martha Spainhour
Edmond Stevens
James R Tomaro
Richard Van Dyke
Dave Weishaar
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States May 5, 1991
Shown at New York Film Festival (Retrospective) September 28 - October 14, 2001.
Based on the novel "The Night of the Hunter," written by Davis Grubb and published in 1953.
Charles Laughton's first and only feature directorial effort.
Selected in 1992 for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
The 2001 re-release is a newly restored 35mm print.
The original 1955 theatrical film was scripted by James Agee and directed by actor Charles Laughton, his only directorial effort.