Personal Name:
Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962.
Imprint:New York, NY : Criterion Collection, 2010.
Physical Description2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Based on the novel by Davis Grubb.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
Note:Features: audio commentary featuring second-unit director Terry Sanders, film critic F. X. Feeney, archivist Robert Gitt, and author Preston Neal Jones; Charles Laughton directs "The night of the hunter," a two-and-a-half-hour treasure trove of outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage; new documentary featuring interviews with producer Paul Gregory, Sanders, Feeney, Jones, and author Jeffrey Couchman; new video interview with Laughton biographer Simon Callow; clip from "The Ed Sullivan show" in which cast members perform a scene deleted from the film; fifteen-minute episode of the BBC show "Moving pictures" about the film; archival interview with cinematographer Stanley Cortez; gallery of sketches by author Davis Grubb, author of the source novel; new video conversation between Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin about Charles Laughton directs; original theatrical trailer; booklet featuring essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Michael Sragow.
Note:Two children are stalked by a murdering psychopathic preacher who wants their father's stolen fortune.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
