In this eerie meditation on good and evil, a schizophrenic preacher--possibly the devil himself--relentlessly hunts two small children across the Depression-era Bible Belt to get at their dead father's stolen fortune. In Robert Mitchum's career-defining role as Preacher Harry Powell, he wears unforgettable tattoos of two four-letter words on his fingers: LOVE and HATE. Hauntingly directed by Charles Laughton, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER is his only credited directorial effort, and it is a tour-de-force.
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER is the only film directed by actor and stage director Charles Laughton.
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1992.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Additional Products:
Behind-the-Scenes Booklet
Director of Photography
Stanley Cortez:
Story
David Grubb:
Costume Designer
Jerry Bros:
Review 1:
"...This noirish, dreamy chiller ripples between arthouse cine-poem and Hollywood suspenser with a fearful sophistication..."
Source: Total Film
p.47 12/01/2003
Review 2:
"Mitchum is awesome and strange."
Source: Uncut
p.183 12/01/2004
Review 3:
"...One of the greatest of all American films....NIGHT OF THE HUNTER is an expressionistic oddity....What a compelling, frightening and beautiful film it is..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.5 11/24/1996
Review 4:
"There is a strong case to be made that this is the most original Hollywood film ever....Laughton's unique, haunted film achieved exactly what he had intended, provoking astonishment in everyone who saw it."
Source: Empire
p.161 09/01/2008
Review 5:
"...A beaut -- an old-fashioned clash of good and evil with stark photography that pays homage to the silent era..."
Source: USA Today
p.5D 01/26/1994
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