Movie · 1955
The Night of the Hunter
“It’s a hard world for little things.”
Released 26 July 1955 93 min Crime / Drama / Thriller More from 1955 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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How old were they?
James Gleason
as Uncle Birdie Steptoe
Alexander Campbell
as Judge
Evelyn Varden
as Icey Spoon
Lillian Gish
as Rachel Cooper
Don Beddoe
as Walt Spoon
Paul Bryar
as Bart
James Griffith
as District Attorney
Robert Mitchum
as Preacher Harry Powell
Shelley Winters
as Willa Harper
Peter Graves
as Ben Harper
Gloria Pall
as Burlesque Dancer
Gloria Castillo
as Ruby
Billy Chapin
as John Harper
Cheryl Callaway
as Mary
Sally Jane Bruce
as Pearl Harper
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The numbers
67years between the oldest and youngest billed
73James Gleason — oldest on the call sheet
6Sally Jane Bruce — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast