Crime / Drama / Thriller /

Score: 78.6%( 1666 votes )

Overview: In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Cast:

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)