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In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Language
Budget$795,000
Revenue --
English
Budget$795,000
Revenue --
Keywords
prison
robbery
based on novel or book
psychopath
widow
boat
fanatic
count
money
film noir
murder
religion
black and white
theft
preacher
gothic
doll
hymn
children on the run
ex-con
expressionism
stashed cash
southern gothic
secret
bluebeard
Casts
Robert Mitchum
Preacher Harry Powell
Billy Chapin
John Harper
Sally Jane Bruce
Pearl Harper
Shelley Winters
Willa Harper
Lillian Gish
Rachel Cooper
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)
Crews
Charles Laughton
Director
Davis Grubb
Novel
James Agee
Screenplay
Charles Laughton
Screenplay
Paul Gregory
Producer
Walter Schumann
Original Music Composer
Stanley Cortez
Director of Photography
Robert Golden
Editor
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Direction
Kay Shea
Hairstylist
Milton Carter
Assistant Director
Ruby Rosenberg
Production Manager
Alfred E. Spencer
Set Decoration
Don L. Cash
Makeup Artist
Stanford Houghton
Sound
Joe LaBella
Property Master
Jerry Bos
Wardrobe Designer
Evelyn Carruth
Wardrobe Assistant
Jack Rabin
Special Effects
Louis DeWitt
Special Effects
Backdrops & Posters
