In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Cast
Robert Mitchum
Preacher Harry Powell
Shelley Winters
Willa Harper
Lillian Gish
Rachel Cooper
Billy Chapin
John Harper
Sally Jane Bruce
Pearl Harper
James Gleason
Uncle Birdie Steptoe
Evelyn Varden
Icey Spoon
Don Beddoe
Walt Spoon
Peter Graves
Ben Harper
James Griffith
District Attorney
Gloria Castillo
Ruby
Gloria Pall
Burlesque Dancer
Paul Bryar
Bart
Cheryl Callaway
Mary
Alexander Campbell
Judge
Michael Chapin
Ruby's Boyfriend
Roy Engel
Sheriff
Kay Lavelle
Miz Cunningham
Frances Morris
Bart's Wife
Rudy Germane
Townsman (uncredited)
Crew
Charles Laughton
Director, Screenplay
James Agee
Screenplay
Davis Grubb
Novel
Robert Golden
Editor
Stanley Cortez
Director of Photography
Milton Carter
Assistant Director
Paul Gregory
Producer
Jerry Bos
Wardrobe Designer
Evelyn Carruth
Wardrobe Assistant
Kay Shea
Hairstylist
Don L. Cash
Makeup Artist
Stanford Houghton
Sound
Jack Rabin
Special Effects
Louis DeWitt
Special Effects
Walter Schumann
Original Music Composer
Alfred E. Spencer
Set Decoration
Joe LaBella
Property Master
Ruby Rosenberg
Production Manager
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Direction
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