Dallas Public Library

The night of the hunter, Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Paul Gregory Productions presents ; screen play by James Agee ; produced by Paul Gregory ; directed by Charles Laughton

From the novel by Davis GrubbOriginally released as a motion picture in 1955Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (by second-unit director Terry Sanders, film archivist Robert Gitt, film critic F.X. Feeney, and author Preston Neal Jones); The making of "The night of the hunter"; Simon Callow on Charles Laughton (interview with author Simon Callow); Moving pictures (15-minute documentary originally boradcast in 1995); The Ed Sullivan Show (excerpt from the September 25, 1955 episode in which cast members perform a deleted scene); Stanley Cortez (interview with the director of photography); Davis Grubb sketches (photo gallery); Theatrical trailer. Disc 2: Introduction (to the film by film archivist Robert Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin); Charles Laughton directs "The night of the hunter" (a 2 1/2 hour treasure trove of outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage). Booklet features essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Michael Sragow

Midwest Tape

black and white

monaural

Music by Walter Schumann ; photography by Stanley Cortez ; art direction by Hilyard Brown ; film editor, Robert Golden ; set decoration, Al Spencer ; wardrobe, Jerry Bos

other

Two-disc Blu-ray special edition.

9781604658231

videodisc

Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Gloria Castilo

2 videodiscs (93 min.), Blu-ray, sound, black and white, 4 3/4 inches +, 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm)

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)870772029(OCoLC)ocn870772029

Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1); requires Blu-ray player; monaural

715515113618

CC2347BD -- The Criterion CollectionCC2347BD-1 -- The Criterion CollectionCC2347BD-2 -- The Criterion Collection

Blu-ray disc