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Product Description ------------------- This visually ravishing, authentically terrifying Southern Gothic masterpiece is one of the cinema s great one-offs, not just because it was the only film directed by the actor Charles Laughton. Robert Mitchum gives a career-best performance as Harry Powell, a self-appointed preacher with LOVE and HATE tattooed on his knuckles who travels to a small town in search of his executed cellmate s stash of cash, under the impression that his two young children know its whereabouts. But the film s melodramatic plot plays second fiddle to some of the most extraordinary images ever captured on film. Laughton and cinematographer Stanley Cortez (The Magnificent Ambersons) imbue almost every with a luminosity that recalls the great silent masterpieces of F.W. Murnau and Victor Sjöström. A widely misunderstood flop at the time (which put Laughton off ever directing again), it s now regarded as one of the greatest of all American films. Special Features: * New digital transfer made from 35mm film elements restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with MGM Studios, with funding provided by the Film Foundation and Robert B. Strum * Optional original uncompressed Mono PCM audio & 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio * Isolated Music and Effects Soundtrack * Charles Laughton Directs The Night of the Hunter - A two-and-a-half-hour documentary on the making of the film featuring outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage * Archival interview with cinematographer Stanley Cortez * Original theatrical trailer * Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly artwork by Graham Humphreys Review ------ Rightfully considered one of the richest, most haunting films to emerge from the '50s --Total Film

A monochrome masterpiece, pure cinematic alchemy and just about every other superlative that spells genius --Empire

One of the greatest of all American films --Robert Ebert

A monochrome masterpiece, pure cinematic alchemy and just about every other superlative that spells genius --Empire

One of the greatest of all American films --Robert Ebert A monochrome masterpiece, pure cinematic alchemy and just about every other superlative that spells genius --Empire One of the greatest of all American films --Robert Ebert