| Description |
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 541 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 541.
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| System Details |
DVD; widescreen, aspect ratio (1.66:1), monaural. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Credits |
Screen play, James Agee ; music, Walter Schumann ; producer, Paul Gergory ; director, Charles Laughton. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Cast |
Charles Laughton, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Agee. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The night of the hunter -- Disc 2. Charles Laughton directs. |
| Note |
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. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Grubb, Davis, 1919-1980 -- Film adaptations.
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Stalkers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Siblings -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Ex-convicts -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Impostors and imposture -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Film noir.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Feature films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962, director.
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Mitchum, Robert, actor.
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Winters, Shelley.
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Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993, actor.
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Agee, James, 1909-1955, screenwriter.
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Gregory, Paul, 1920- producer.
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Grubb, Davis, 1919-1980.
Night of the hunter.
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Paul Gregory Productions.
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United Artists Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Night of the hunter (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9781604653502 |
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1604653507 |
| Standard No. |
715515064613 |
| Music No. |
CC1956D The Criterion Collection |
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