
The Night of the Hunter(1955)
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.


A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it unless they agree to help him rob the department store.

Preston Foster
Bart Madden

Ann Rutherford
Claire Norton

Alan Curtis
Edward "Eddie" Norton

Milburn Stone
District Attorney Sutton

Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Kincaid

Joe Sawyer
Police Capt. Thomas

Marc Lawrence
Donovan

John Berkes
Freddie
Jimmy Moss
Skipper Thomas

Howard Freeman
Trent W. Winkle
Inside Job is a crime, drama film released in 1946 exploring themes of robbery, film noir, ex-con. Directed by Jean Yarbrough, it stars Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Alan Curtis. A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it unless they agree to help him rob the department store.
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