The night of the hunter
(DVD) 

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Contributors
United Artists Corporation.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Paul Gregory Productions.
Series
Criterion collection volume 541
Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2010.
Status
Checked Out
2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Where is it?

Copies

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Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-rayDVD DRAMA NIGHTMissing
Aurora Hills - Adult DVD/ Blu-rayDVD DRAMA NIGHTOn Hold Shelf

Description

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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Format
DVD
Edition
DVD edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
ISBN
9781604653502, 1604653507
UPC
715515064613

Notes

General Note
Special features: [disc one] audio commentary ; [disc two] 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.
General Note
Based on the novel by Davis Grubb.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955 by United Artists.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Stanley Cortez ; music, Walter Schumann ; editor, Robert Golden.
Participants/Performers
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Peter Graves, Evelyn Varden, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Gloria Castilo, Sally Jane Bruce.
Description
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.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, NTSC; widescreen, aspect ratio (1.66:1), monaural.
Language
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards
National Film Registry, 1992.

Table of Contents

Disc 1. The night of the hunter
Disc 2. Charles Laughton directs The night of the Hunter.

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Published Reviews

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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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

(2010). The night of the hunter (DVD edition.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

2010. The Night of the Hunter. [United States]: The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

The Night of the Hunter [United States]: The Criterion Collection, 2010.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

(2010). The night of the hunter. DVD edn. [United States]: The Criterion Collection.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

The Night of the Hunter DVD edition., The Criterion Collection, 2010.

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