The Night of the Hunter DVD
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Film Details
Directed by Charles Laughton
Produced in 1955
Main Language - English
Countries & Regions - American film
MovieMail's Review
A true original, Laughton's only film as director has deservedly gained a huge cult following over the years. Mitchums chilling performance as the psychotic Pentecostal preacher Harry Powell, with 'love' tattooed across the knuckles of one hand and 'hate' across the other, is one of his very finest.
Arriving in a small southern town on the trail of some money, Powell befriends the vulnerable widow of the two young children who hold the key to the moneys whereabouts. As the preacher's murderous intentions become clear, the children flee to seek refuge with kindly Lillian Gish.
The stunning expressionist imagery in the film harks back to early German cinema, whilst James Agee's poetic dialogue plays upon the metaphorical battle between good and evil. Laughton creates a dark, brooding atmosphere, and the lyrical beauty of such sequences as the childrens nocturnal escape by boat, or the watery demise of the touchingly naive, doomed Shelley Winters, are amongst the most memorable in American cinema.
Film Description
Mitchum gives his most memorable performance as the evil preacher, in a once-neglected suspense thriller now rightly accepted as a brilliantly photographed, lyrical and unique masterpiece. The children's moonlit river journey in particular is a high point of cinema.
DVD Details
Certificate: 12
Publisher: MGM
Length: 89 mins
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Region: 2
Cat No: 21231DVD
Format: DVD B&W
Subtitles: DanishDutch English FinnishFrenchGerman ItalianNorwegian Portuguese SpanishSwedish
DVD Extras
- Theatrical Trailer.
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Community Reviews
by Anon on 22nd February 2001
Night of the Hunter contains one of the most compelling portrayals of religious mania in all cinema. Mitchum’s deranged preacher was a defining moment for the actor a... Read on
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