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Night of the Hunter, The (Blu-ray Edition)

By: Criterion Collection, The

Type: DVD

Product Line: Movies ( Criterion Collection, The)


Product Info

Title
Night of the Hunter, The (Blu-ray Edition)
Genre
Dimensions
5.25x6.75x.5"
NKG Part #
2148125999
Type
DVD

Description

The Night of the Hunter—incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed—is truly a stand-alone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters, are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic—also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish and writer James Agee—is cinema’s most eccentric rendering of the battle between good and evil.

This two-disc Blu-Ray Special Edition features a new, restored digital film transfer.