A psychopathic ex-convict (Robert Mitchum) remakes himself as a preacher and marries a wealthy young widow (Shelley
Winters) with a cache of cash inherited from her first husband. Failing to find the secret stash, he kills the woman and pursues her two children, who
know where the money is located. Actor Charles Laughton directed this truly terrifying film, regarded as one of the best and most innovative movies of
the 1950s.
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USA suspense
1955
bw 92 min.
