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The Night of the Hunter

starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Paul Bryar, Cheryl Callaway, Gloria Castillo

: The Night of the Hunter
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792843368
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 0792843363
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 25, 2000
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 5243
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1955



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In the entire history of American movies, The Night of the Hunter stands out as the rarest and most exotic of specimens. It is, to say the least, a masterpiece--and not just because it was the only movie directed by flamboyant actor Charles Laughton or the only produced solo screenplay by the legendary critic James Agee (who also cowrote The African Queen). The truth is, nobody has ever made anything approaching its phantasmagoric, overheated style in which German expressionism, religious hysteria, fairy-tale fantasy (of the Grimm-est variety), and stalker movie are brought together in a furious boil. Like a nightmarish premonition of stalker movies to come, Night of the Hunter tells the suspenseful tale of a demented preacher (Robert Mitchum, in a performance that prefigures his memorable villain in Cape Fear), who torments a boy and his little sister--even marries their mixed-up mother (Shelley Winters)--because he's certain the kids know where their late bank-robber father hid a stash of stolen money. So dramatic, primal, and unforgettable are its images--the preacher's shadow looming over the children in their bedroom, the magical boat ride down a river whose banks teem with fantastic wildlife, those tattoos of LOVE and HATE on the unholy man's knuckles, the golden locks of a drowned woman waving in the current along with the indigenous plant life in her watery grave--that they're still haunting audiences (and filmmakers) today. --Jim Emerson



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - This is an odd movie
Interesting, and somewhat engaging, but odd. Robert Mitchum's performance is over-the-top, the other ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Dream within a Dream.
As you watch this film, the irrational, troubling feeling that you know it... that the horror you mother ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Ham-handed direction, wooden acting, choppy editing
This movie is so well-loved in certain quarters that I hesitate to trash it, but I simply cannot recommend ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - L-O-V-E / H-A-T-E Relationship...
Lillian Gish opens this movie w/ a warning to beware of wolves in sheep's clothing. This sets the stage for ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - It's the night of the hunter...
The best kind of horror comes not from monsters or ghosts, but from other human beings. "Cape Fear," "Heavenly ... Read More

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