The night of the hunter
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2010.
Appears on list
Status
Bellevue - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 N687hW
1 available
DVD 791.43 N687hW
1 available
Green Hills - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 N687hW
1 available
DVD 791.43 N687hW
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bellevue - Adult Movie | DVD 791.43 N687hW | On Shelf |
| Green Hills - Adult Movie | DVD 791.43 N687hW | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Brothers and sisters -- Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Ex-convicts -- Drama.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Grubb, Davis, 1919-1980 -- Film adaptations.
Impostors and imposture -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
Night of the hunter (Motion picture).
Stalkers -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures).
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Detective and mystery films.
Ex-convicts -- Drama.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Grubb, Davis, 1919-1980 -- Film adaptations.
Impostors and imposture -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
Night of the hunter (Motion picture).
Stalkers -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures).
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
More Details
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
ISBN
9781604653502 (liner), 1604653507 (liner)
UPC
715515064613
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
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: 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 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
Screen play, James Agee ; music, Walter Schumann ; producer, Paul Gergory ; director, Charles Laughton.
Participants/Performers
Charles Laughton, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Agee.
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; widescreen, aspect ratio (1.66:1), monaural.
Language
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)
Laughton, C., Mitchum, R., Winters, S., Gish, L., Agee, J., Gregory, P., & Grubb, D. (2010). The night of the hunter. (DVD ed). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Charles Laughton et al.. 2010. The Night of the Hunter. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Charles Laughton et al.. The Night of the Hunter. The Criterion Collection, 2010.
UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)Laughton, C., Mitchum, R., Winters, S., Gish, L., Agee, J., Gregory, P. and Grubb, D. (2010). The night of the hunter. DVD ed [United States]: The Criterion Collection.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)Laughton, Charles, et al. The Night of the Hunter. DVD ed, The Criterion Collection, 2010.
Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.
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