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A Balasaur Score of 86 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, Metacritic 97/100. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 156 1950s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic97/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
1,899 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles LaughtonDirector
- James AgeeScreenplay
- Charles LaughtonScreenplay
- Walter SchumannOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert MitchumPreacher Harry Powell
- Shelley WintersWilla Harper
- Lillian GishRachel Cooper
- Billy ChapinJohn Harper
- Sally Jane BrucePearl Harper
- James GleasonUncle Birdie Steptoe
- Evelyn VardenIcey Spoon
- Don BeddoeWalt Spoon
- Peter GravesBen Harper
- James GriffithDistrict Attorney
- Gloria CastilloRuby
- Gloria PallBurlesque Dancer
Stills
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Themes
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