The Night Of The Hunter (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray) (Widescreen)

The Night Of The Hunter - incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed - is truly a standalone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear, The Friends of Eddie Coyle) as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters (A Place in the Sun, The Diary of Anne Frank) 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 (Intolerance, Duel in the Sun) and writer James Agee - is cinema's quirkiest rendering of the battle between good and evil.

Presented in Black & White, Documentary, Interviews Clip From The Ed Sullivan Show in Which Cast Members perform A Scene Deleted From The Film, Fifteen-Minute Archival Documentary, Gallery of Sketches By Davis Grubb, Author of The Source Novel, Original Theatrical Trailer, Collectible Booklet Featuring Essays By Critics.

Charles Laughton Directs "The Night of The Hunter," A Two-and-half-hour Treasure Trove of outtakes And Behind-the-Scenes Footage, New Video Conversation Gitt And Film Critic Leonard Maltin About Charles Laughton Directs.