The night of the hunter
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Ex-convicts -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Film noir.
Grubb, Davis, -- 1919-1980 -- Film adaptations.
Impostors and imposture -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
Night of the hunter (Motion picture)
Siblings -- Drama.
Stalkers -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects
Feature films -- United States.

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Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2010.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
ISBN
9781604653502, 1604653507
UPC
0715515064613, 715515064613

Notes

General Note
Based on the novel by Davis Grubb.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955 by United Artists.
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 Ed 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.
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.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Laughton, C., Gregory, P., Agee, J., Mitchum, R., Winters, S., Gish, L., Chapin, B., Bruce, S. J., & Grubb, D. (2010). The night of the hunter (Widescreen.). The Criterion Collection.

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

Charles Laughton et al.. 2010. The Night of the Hunter. The Criterion Collection.

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

Charles Laughton et al.. The Night of the Hunter The Criterion Collection, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Laughton, Charles, et al. The Night of the Hunter Widescreen., The Criterion Collection, 2010.

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