Watch trailer for The Night of the Hunter – 70th Anniversary of Des Moines Premiere
Watch trailer
The Night of the Hunter – 70th Anniversary of Des Moines Premiere
Opens on September 3
Director: Charles Laughton Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 1955
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
Join Ben Godar of Des Moines Film and Laura Burkhalter of Des Moines Art Center for a pre-show conversation about the classic film’s world premiere in Des Moines and enduring artistic legacy.
Film Details:
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.