- HD 1080
- Runtime: 80m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Joseph H. Lewis
- Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen, William Conrad, Mary Zavian
- keywords: louisiana, swamp, bayou, film noir, fugitive, on the run
- Production_studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Slogan: MGM's Savage Drama
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Cry of the Hunted is featured in the top rankings of 1953
- #28 in Top Crime Movies of 1953
- #21 in Top Thriller Movies of 1953
A prison convict escapes through the Louisiana swamps.