"It’s a hard world for little things."

1955

1h 33m

7.9(1699 votes)

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Overview

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

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20 members

Acting

Robert Mitchum

Preacher Harry Powell

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Billy Chapin

John Harper

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Sally Jane Bruce

Pearl Harper

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Shelley Winters

Willa Harper

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Lillian Gish

Rachel Cooper

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James Gleason

Uncle Birdie Steptoe

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Evelyn Varden

Icey Spoon

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Don Beddoe

Walt Spoon

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Peter Graves

Ben Harper

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James Griffith

District Attorney

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Gloria Castillo

Ruby

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Gloria Pall

Burlesque Dancer

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Paul Bryar

Bart

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Cheryl Callaway

Mary

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Alexander Campbell

Judge

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Michael Chapin

Ruby's Boyfriend

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Roy Engel

Sheriff

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Kay Lavelle

Miz Cunningham

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Frances Morris

Bart's Wife

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Rudy Germane

Townsman (uncredited)

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