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Movie Description
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.
Synopsis
When a killer who has stolen $10,000 dies, a crazed evangelist weds the murderer's widow in order to find the money, which he intends to use to prove his love for the Almighty God.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - Original Theatrical
Additional Products:
Behind-the-Scenes Booklet
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.
Industry Reviews
"...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..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (11/24/1996)
"...This noirish, dreamy chiller ripples between arthouse cine-poem and Hollywood suspenser with a fearful sophistication..."
Total Film - Daniel Webb (12/01/2003)
"Mitchum is awesome and strange."
Uncut - Uncut Staff (12/01/2004)
"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."
Empire - Empire Staff (09/01/2008)
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