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The night of the hunter [videorecording] / United Artists ; Paul Gregory Productions presents ; screen play by James Agee ; produced by Paul Gregory ; directed by Charles Laughton.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0792843363
  • ISBN: 9780792843368
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., [2000]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"From the novel by Davis Grubb."
"MGM DVD."
Includes original theatrical trailer.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.
Standard screen format, formatted to fit TV screen.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music, Walter Schumann ; photography, Stanley Cortez ; editing, Robert Golden.
Participant or Performer Note:
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Peter Graves, Evelyn Varden, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Gloria Castilo, Sally Jane Bruce.
Language Note:
English or French language soundtrack (mono) with optional subtitles in English and French ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Subject:
Grubb, Davis, 1919-1980 > Film adaptations.
Grubb, Davis, 1919-1980 > Television adaptations.
Detective and mystery films.
Ex-convicts > Drama.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Homicide > Drama.
Impostors and imposture > Drama.
Murder > Drama.
Stalkers > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Film noir.
Mystery films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 8 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Marion Library DVD NIG (Text) 37810435051890 Adult Video Checked out 08/07/2026
Bath Community Library DVD BATH (Text) 38344101436374 Adult Video Available -
Dunn Public Library DVD F Nig 012B (Text) 33436001488839 Adult Video Available -
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Forsyth Central DVD SUSPENSE RATING NR (Text) 0112524283182 Adult Video Fiction Available -
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