The Night Of The Hunter 1955 Genres: Film Noir, Psychological Drama, Psychological Thriller, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Atmospheric, Cinematography, Direction, Gothic, Performance, Surreal, Suspenseful, Symbolism, Religious Themes, Thin Story Country: United States Director: Charles Laughton Charles Laughton 1 July 1899, Victoria Hotel, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK Duration: 92 Min Year: 1955 Actors: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Gloria Castillo, Corey Allen, Oscar Blank, Paul Bryar, Nora Bush, Cheryl Callaway, Alexander Campbell, Michael Chapin, Noble 'Kid' Chissell Storyline: A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.