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Saturday Night at the Movies: Night of the Hunter

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by David Grubb.

The last in a season adapted from the novels which produced Hollywood films noirs.

Starring Struan Rodger as The Preacher, Tom Lawrence as John Harper Jr, Angela Shaftoe as Pearl Harper and Betsy Blair as Ma Cooper.

"The Preacher wears black... In his pocket he carries a great shining steel knife." Two children are chased across rural America by a terrifying killer.

Contributors

Author:
David Grubb
Dramatised by:
John Fletcher
Music:
Thomas Johnson
Music:
Stuart Gordon
Director:
Andy Jordan
The Preacher:
Struan Rodger
John Harper Jr:
Tom Lawrence
Pearl Harper:
Angela Shaftoe
Ma Cooper:
Betsy Blair
John Harper Snr:
Peter Marinker
Willa Harper:
Catherine Nix
Ben Harper:
John Guerrasio
Icy Spoon:
June Barrie
Walt Spoon:
John Baddeley
Uncle Birdie:
Brian Greene
Ruby:
Pippa Hinchley
Miz Cunningham:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Grocer:
John Telfer
Mary:
Jessie Brammer
Clary:
Abigail MacVean
Source: Radio Times

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