The night of the hunter

The night of the hunter

Blu-ray - 2014

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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Subjects
Clergy > Drama.
Stalkers > Drama.
Siblings > Drama.
Ex-convicts > Drama.
Murder > Drama.
Impostors and imposture > Drama.
Film noir.
Blu-ray discs.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Genres
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection [2014]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Corporate Author
Criterion Collection (Firm) (-)
Other Authors
Charles Laughton, 1899-1962 (-), James Agee, 1909-1955, Walter Schumann, Davis Grubb, 1919-1980
Edition
Two-disc Blu-ray special edition; widescreen
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
From the novel by Davis Grubb.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1); requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
Not rated.
Production Credits
Music by Walter Schumann ; photography, Stanley Cortez ; editor, Robert Golden.
ISBN
9781604658231
  • Disc 1. The night of the hunter
  • Disc 2. Charles Laughton directs The night of the Hunter.
Review by Library Journal Review

Perhaps most widely known for his tragic depiction of the deformed bell ringer Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Laughton ventured behind the camera just once for this 1955 box-office failure, which has gained immeasurable stature since its unheralded release. Robert Mitchum is bone-chilling as the psychopathic "preacher" who marries a small-town widow (Shelley Winters) strictly to uncover a stash of money known only to her two children. With its expressionistic style, Night mingles elements of an eerie thriller with a lyrical fable of childhood resolve. A bounty of extras, including documentaries, new and archival interviews, audio commentary, essays, and more, affirm the film's classic status. Beautifully restored, this Night is one to remember.-Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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