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The Resource The night of the hunter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Paul Gregory Productions ; screen play by James Agee ; produced by Paul Gregory ; directed by Charles Laughton ; United Artists

The night of the hunter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Paul Gregory Productions ; screen play by James Agee ; produced by Paul Gregory ; directed by Charles Laughton ; United Artists

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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
  • "The Night of the Hunter -- incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed -- is truly a stand-alone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters, are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic -- also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish and writer James Agee -- is cinema's most eccentric rendering of the battle between good and evil."--Publisher
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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Publication
Edition
Two-DVD special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (93 min.)
Note
  • Publisher location from publisher website: The Criterion Collection, 215 Park Avenue South, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10003
  • From the novel by Davis Grubb
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955
  • Digital restoration by UCLA Film & Television Archive
Contents
  • Disc 1. Feature
  • Special features: Commentary with second-unit director Terry Sanders, film archivist Robert Gitt, film critic F.X. Feeney and author Preston Neal Jones. 'The making of The night of the hunter' documentary; 'Moving pictures' documentary; 'Stanley Cortez' interview; 'Simon Callow on Charles Laughton' interview; 'The Ed Sullivan Show' excerpt from the September 25, 1955 episode; Davis Grubb sketches ; Disc 2. Charles Laughton directs 'The night of the hunter, ' a two and a half hour compilation of outtakes and behind the scenes footage
  • Introduction by Robert Gitt and Leonard Maltin ; Booklet: 'Holy terror, ' essay by Terrence Rafferty
  • 'Downriver and heavenward with James Agee, ' essay by Michael Sragow
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9781604653502
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The night of the hunter
Title
The night of the hunter
Statement of responsibility
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Paul Gregory Productions ; screen play by James Agee ; produced by Paul Gregory ; directed by Charles Laughton ; United Artists
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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
  • "The Night of the Hunter -- incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed -- is truly a stand-alone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters, are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic -- also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish and writer James Agee -- is cinema's most eccentric rendering of the battle between good and evil."--Publisher
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Named to the National Film Registry in 1992 by the Library of Congress.
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TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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Night of the hunter (Motion picture)
Credits note
Music by Walter Schumann ; photography by Stanley Cortez ; art direction by Hilyard Brown ; film editor, Robert Golden ; set decoration, Al Spencer ; wardrobe, Jerry Bos ; sound, Stanford Naughton ; special photographic effects, Jack Rabin, Louis DeWitt
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PerformerNote
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Gloria Castilo
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1899-1962
  • 1909-1955.
  • 1920-2015
  • 1893-1993.
  • 1886-1959.
  • 1893-1958.
  • 1926-2010.
  • 1933-1978
  • 1913-1958.
  • 1919-1980
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  • Laughton, Charles
  • Agee, James
  • Gregory, Paul
  • Mitchum, Robert.
  • Winters, Shelley.
  • Gish, Lillian
  • Gleason, James
  • Varden, Evelyn
  • Graves, Peter
  • Beddoe, Don.
  • Chapin, Billy.
  • Bruce, Sally Jane.
  • Castillo, Gloria
  • Schumann, Walter
  • Cortez, Stanley.
  • Brown, Hilyard.
  • Golden, Robert S.
  • Spencer, Alfred E.
  • Bos, Jerry.
  • Naughton, Stanford.
  • Rabin, Jack.
  • DeWitt, Louis.
  • Grubb, Davis
  • UCLA Film and Television Archive
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Paul Gregory Productions
  • United Artists Corporation
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
93
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
541
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Grubb, Davis
  • Grubb, Davis
  • Stalkers
  • Siblings
  • Ex-convicts
  • Murder
  • Impostors and imposture
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Ex-convicts
  • Impostors and imposture
  • Murder
  • Stalkers
Technique
live action
Label
The night of the hunter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Paul Gregory Productions ; screen play by James Agee ; produced by Paul Gregory ; directed by Charles Laughton ; United Artists
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Publisher location from publisher website: The Criterion Collection, 215 Park Avenue South, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10003
  • From the novel by Davis Grubb
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955
  • Digital restoration by UCLA Film & Television Archive
Accompanying material
1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc 1. Feature -- Special features: Commentary with second-unit director Terry Sanders, film archivist Robert Gitt, film critic F.X. Feeney and author Preston Neal Jones. 'The making of The night of the hunter' documentary; 'Moving pictures' documentary; 'Stanley Cortez' interview; 'Simon Callow on Charles Laughton' interview; 'The Ed Sullivan Show' excerpt from the September 25, 1955 episode; Davis Grubb sketches ; Disc 2. Charles Laughton directs 'The night of the hunter, ' a two and a half hour compilation of outtakes and behind the scenes footage -- Introduction by Robert Gitt and Leonard Maltin ; Booklet: 'Holy terror, ' essay by Terrence Rafferty -- 'Downriver and heavenward with James Agee, ' essay by Michael Sragow
Control code
ocn665161089
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (93 min.)
Isbn
9781604653502
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515064613
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC1956D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The night of the hunter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Paul Gregory Productions ; screen play by James Agee ; produced by Paul Gregory ; directed by Charles Laughton ; United Artists
Publication
Note
  • Publisher location from publisher website: The Criterion Collection, 215 Park Avenue South, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10003
  • From the novel by Davis Grubb
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955
  • Digital restoration by UCLA Film & Television Archive
Accompanying material
1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc 1. Feature -- Special features: Commentary with second-unit director Terry Sanders, film archivist Robert Gitt, film critic F.X. Feeney and author Preston Neal Jones. 'The making of The night of the hunter' documentary; 'Moving pictures' documentary; 'Stanley Cortez' interview; 'Simon Callow on Charles Laughton' interview; 'The Ed Sullivan Show' excerpt from the September 25, 1955 episode; Davis Grubb sketches ; Disc 2. Charles Laughton directs 'The night of the hunter, ' a two and a half hour compilation of outtakes and behind the scenes footage -- Introduction by Robert Gitt and Leonard Maltin ; Booklet: 'Holy terror, ' essay by Terrence Rafferty -- 'Downriver and heavenward with James Agee, ' essay by Michael Sragow
Control code
ocn665161089
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (93 min.)
Isbn
9781604653502
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515064613
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC1956D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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