The night of the hunter [videorecording] / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Paul Gregory Productions presents ; screen play by James Agee ; produced by Paul Gregory ; directed by Charles Laughton. - DVD ed. - [New York] : Criterion Collection, c2010 - 2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.) - Criterion collection ; 541 . - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 541 .

Based on the novel by Davis Grubb. Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. Booklet (28 p.) contains essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Michael Sragow Widescreen ; aspect ratio 1.66:1; new, restored ditigal transfer

Cinematography, Stanley Cortez ; music, Walter Schumann ; editor, Robert Golden Cinematography, Stanley Cortez ; music, Walter Schumann ; editor, Robert Golden

Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden

A psychotic self-styled preacher marries and murders a young widow for her money. He then pursues her children to get his hands on the money, only to meet his match in the form of a saintly farm woman.


DVD ; uncompressed monaural sound

9781604653502 (2 DVDs)

715515064613


Stalkers--Drama
Ex-convicts--Drama.
Murder--Drama.
Impostors and imposture--Drama.
Feature films.

791.4372 / NIG 2010