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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.

Agee, James, 1909-1955 (Added Author). Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 (Added Author). Gregory, Paul, 1920- (Added Author). Grubb, Davis, 1919-1980 Night of the hunter. (Added Author). Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962 (Added Author). Mitchum, Robert. (Added Author). Winters, Shelley. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). MGM Home Entertainment Inc. (Added Author). United Artists Corporation. (Added Author). Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Peter Graves, Evelyn Varden, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Gloria Castilo, Sally Jane Bruce. (Cast).

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.

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Grubb, Davis, 1919-1980 > Film adaptations.
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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.

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  • 8 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
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