About
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Cast
Robert Mitchum
Harry Powell
Shelley Winters
Willa Harper
Lillian Gish
Rachel Cooper
James Gleason
Birdie Steptoe
Evelyn Varden
Icey Spoon
Peter Graves
Ben Harper
Don Beddoe
Walt Spoon
Billy Chapin
John Harper
Sally Jane Bruce
Pearl Harper
Keywords
murder prison fanatic money noir window theft count doll hymn children on the run
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#43 on 1,000 greatest films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
#71 on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time Empire
#89 on 500 Essential Cult Movies Jennifer Eiss
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Steven Jay Schneider