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The Night of the Hunter
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Directed By
Charles Laughton
Written By
Davis Grubb
from the novel by
James Agee
screenplay by
Charles Laughton
screenplay contributor
Cast
Robert Mitchum
Harry Powell
Shelley Winters
Willa Harper
Lillian Gish
Rachel Cooper
James Gleason
Uncle Birdie Steptoe
Evelyn Varden
Icey Spoon
Peter Graves
Ben Harper
Don Beddoe
Walt Spoon
Billy Chapin
John Harper
Sally Jane Bruce
Pearl Harper
Gloria Castillo
Ruby
Corey Allen
Young Man in Town
Oscar Blank
Townsman
Paul Bryar
Bart the Hangman
Nora Bush
Townswoman
Cheryl Callaway
Mary
Alexander Campbell
Judge
Michael Chapin
Ruby's Boyfriend
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Townsman
Mary Ellen Clemons
Clary
John Dennis
Prison Guard
Roy Engel
Sheriff
Kathy Garver
Child
Rudy Germane
Townsman
James Griffith
District Attorney
John Hamilton
Townsman Who Greets Rachel
Joe Hinds
Townsman
Edna Holland
Woman Feeding Hungry Children
Anne Kunde
Townswoman
Kay Lavelle
Miz Cunninghan
Thomas Martin
Townsman on Street
Frank Mills
Townsman
King Mojave
Townsman
Frances Morris
Bart's Wife
Gloria Pall
Burlesque Dancer
Jack Perry
Townsman
Mike Ragan
Prison Guard
Jean Ransome
Townswoman
Robert Robinson
Townsman
Edwin Rochelle
Townsman
Phil Schumacher
Townsman
Lucile Sewall
Townswoman
Bert Spencer
Townsman
James Stone
General Storekeeper
Charles Sullivan
Townsman
George D. Wallace
Glen Walters
Townswoman
Produced By
Paul Gregory
producer
Music
Walter Schumann
Cinematography
Stanley Cortez
Cinematographer
Sound
Stanford Houghton
sound
Editing
Robert Golden
film editor
Casting Director
Mildred Gusse
Casting Director
Art Direction
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Director
Set Design
Alfred E. Spencer
Set Decorator
Makeup
Don L. Cash
makeup
Kay Shea
hair stylist
Special Effects
Louis DeWitt
special photographic effects
Jack Rabin
special photographic effects
Assistant Director
Milton Carter
assistant director
Frank Parmenter
second unit director
Terry Sanders
second unit director
Jack Sonntag
first assistant director
Production Management
Ruby Rosenberg
production manager
Frank Parmenter
production manager: second unit
Art Department
Joe LaBella
property man
Other
Saul Bass
publicist
Robert Mitchum
acting coach: children
Denis Sanders
unspecified assistant
Terry Sanders
unspecified assistant
Music Department
Arthur Morton
orchestrator
Costume Department
Jerry Bos
wardrobe
Evelyn Carruth
wardrobe assistant
Camera Department
Seymour Hoffberg
assistant camera
Harold E. Wellman
camera: second unit
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