The Night of the Hunter

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In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

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Collection

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Credits

director

Charles Laughton

producer

Paul Gregory

production company

Paul Gregory Productions

United Artists

screenplay

Charles Laughton

James Agee

Duration

01:33:00

Production places

United States of America

Production dates

1955

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-3112

Language

English

Collected

50 times

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United States of America, 1955