The Night of the Hunter (1955) – Filming Locations
Crime / Drama / Thriller · Directed by Charles Laughton · Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Where was The Night of the Hunter filmed?
- Morgantown, West Virginia, United States, Morgantown – Opening sequences with children fleeing downriver by boat after their father's execution. The river sequences were filmed on location in West Virginia, providing the authentic landscape for the children's escape and journey
- Wellsburg, West Virginia, United States, Wellsburg – Various scenes of the small riverside town where the story takes place. Small-town Appalachian setting used for exterior scenes establishing the rural community atmosphere
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, Baltimore – Prison and urban scenes early in the film. Used for the opening prison sequences where Harry Powell is incarcerated before his release