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# The Night of the Hunter (1955): cast and crew

20 cast and 20 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Robert Mitchum](https://film.one/person/robert-mitchum.md) as Preacher Harry Powell
- Shelley Winters as Willa Harper
- Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper
- Billy Chapin as John Harper
- Sally Jane Bruce as Pearl Harper
- James Gleason as Uncle Birdie Steptoe
- Evelyn Varden as Icey Spoon
- Don Beddoe as Walt Spoon
- [Peter Graves](https://film.one/person/peter-graves.md) as Ben Harper
- [James Griffith](https://film.one/person/james-griffith-3347.md) as District Attorney
- Gloria Castillo as Ruby
- Gloria Pall as Burlesque Dancer
- Paul Bryar as Bart (uncredited)
- Cheryl Callaway as Mary
- Alexander Campbell as Judge
- Michael Chapin as Ruby's Boyfriend
- Roy Engel as Sheriff
- Kay Lavelle as Miz Cunningham
- Frances Morris as Bart's Wife
- Rudy Germane as Townsman (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Charles Laughton](https://film.one/person/charles-laughton.md): Director
- Milton Carter: Assistant Director

## Writing

- Davis Grubb: Novel
- James Agee: Screenplay
- [Charles Laughton](https://film.one/person/charles-laughton.md): Screenplay

## Production

- Paul Gregory: Producer
- Ruby Rosenberg: Production Manager

## Camera

- Stanley Cortez: Director of Photography

## Editing

- Robert Golden: Editor

## Sound and music

- Walter Schumann: Original Music Composer
- Stanford Houghton: Sound

## Art

- Hilyard M. Brown: Art Direction
- Alfred E. Spencer: Set Decoration
- Joe LaBella: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- Kay Shea: Hairstylist
- Don L. Cash: Makeup Artist
- Jerry Bos: Wardrobe Designer
- Evelyn Carruth: Wardrobe Assistant

## Crew

- Jack Rabin: Special Effects
- Louis DeWitt: Special Effects

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