Blu-ray
The night of the hunter
Call Number
- BLU-RAY MYSTERY/THRILLER (CEN)
Edition
Two-disc Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Gloria Castilo, Sally Jane Bruce.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (93 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
A sinister traveling preacher has nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow that are uncovered by her terrified young children.
Notes
Title from container.
Based upon the novel by Davis Grubb.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
Special features: New, restored digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; audio commentary by second-unit director Terry Sanders, film critic F. X. Feeney, archivist Robert Gitt, and author Preston Neal Jones ; new documentary featuring interviews with producer Paul Gregory, Sanders, Feeney, Jones, and author Jeffrey Couchman ; new interview with Charles Laughton biographer Simon Callow ; clip from The Ed Sullivan show in which cast members perform a deleted scene ; fifteen-minute archival documentary about the film, featuring actor Robert Mitchum ; archival interview with cinematographer Stanlely Cortez ; gallery of sketches by Davis Grubbi, author of the source novel ; trailer ; Charles Laughton directs "The night of the hunter," a two-and-a-half-hour treasure trove of outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage ; new conversation between Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin about Charles Laughton directs.