The Night of the Hunter

It’s a hard world for little things.

Plot Summary

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

prison

robbery

based on novel or book

psychopath

widow

boat

fanatic

count

money

film noir

murder

religion

black and white

theft

preacher

gothic

doll

hymn

children on the run

ex-con

expressionism

criterion

stashed cash

southern gothic

secret

bluebeard