The night of the hunter / Paul Gregory Productions presents.
A self-styled preacher marries and murders the widow of an executed convict with whom he once shared a cell. He then terrorizes her two young children to force them to tell him the whereabouts of the $10,000 he knows their father hid before his imprisonment.
| Uniform Title: | Criterion collection ;
541. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Language: | English |
| Language and/or Writing System: |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Published: |
[United States] :
The Criterion Collection,
2010.
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| Edition: | DVD edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
541. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
A self-styled preacher marries and murders the widow of an executed convict with whom he once shared a cell. He then terrorizes her two young children to force them to tell him the whereabouts of the $10,000 he knows their father hid before his imprisonment. |
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| Note: | Title from container. Based on the novel by Davis Grubb. Originally released as a motion picture in 1955 by United Artists. Special features: Audio commentary ; Charles Laughton directs "The night of the hunter," a two-and-a-half-hour archival treasure trove of outtakes from the film ; new documentary ; clip for the edition Sullivan show ; fifteen-minute episode of Moving pictures ; archival interview with Stanley Cortez ; gallery of sketches ; video conversation between Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin ; original theatrical trailer ; booklet with essays by Terrence Rafferty and Michael Sragow. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | CW7 D0129388 VideoDVD PS3557.R8 N5 2010 VideoDVD |
| Audience: |
Not rated. |
| ISBN: | 9781604653502 1604653507 |
| Credits: | Screen play, James Agee ; music, Walter Schumann ; producer, Paul Gergory ; director, Charles Laughton. |
| System Details: | DVD; widescreen, aspect ratio (1.66:1), monaural. |
| Cast: |
Charles Laughton, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Agee. |