Charles Laughton - The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Adapted by James Agee from a novel by Davis Grubb, The Night of the Hunter represented legendary actor Charles Laughton's only film directing effort. Combining stark realism with Germanic expressionism, the movie is a brilliant good-and-evil parable, with "good" represented by a couple of farm kids and a pious old lady, and "evil" literally in the hands of a posturing psychopath. Imprisoned with thief Ben Harper (Peter Graves), phony preacher Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) learns that Ben has hidden a huge sum of money somewhere near his home. Upon his release, the murderously misogynistic Powell insinuates himself into Ben's home, eventually marrying his widow Willa (Shelley Winters). Eventually all that stands between Powell and the money are Ben's son (Billy Chapin) and daughter (Sally Jane Bruce), who take refuge in a home for abandoned children presided over by the indomitable, scripture-quoting Rachel Cooper (Lillian Gish). The war of wills between Mitchum and Gish is the heart of the film's final third, a masterful blend of horror and lyricism. Laughton's tight, disciplined direction is superb -- and all the more impressive when one realizes that he intensely disliked all child actors. The music by Walter Schumann and the cinematography of Stanley Cortez are every bit as brilliant as the contributions by Laughton and Agee. Overlooked on its first release, The Night of the Hunter is now regarded as a classic. D:\BT Uploads - para enviar\The Night of the Hunter\The Night of the Hunter.avi General Complete name : D:\BT Uploads - para enviar\The Night of the Hunter\The Night of the Hunter.avi Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave File size : 1.39 GiB Duration : 1h 33mn Overall bit rate : 2 132 Kbps Writing application : FairUse Wizard - http://fairusewizard.com Writing library : The best and REALLY easy backup tool Video #0 ID : 0 Format : MPEG-4 Visual Format profile : AdvancedSimple@L5 Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, QPel : No Format settings, GMC : No warppoints Format settings, Matrix : Default (MPEG) Muxing mode : Packed bitstream Codec ID : XVID Codec ID/Hint : XviD Duration : 1h 33mn Bit rate : 1 735 Kbps Width : 672 pixels Height : 384 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Resolution : 24 bits Colorimetry : 4:2:0 Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.280 Stream size : 1.13 GiB (81%) Writing library : XviD 1.2.0.dev47 (UTC 2006-11-01) Audio #1 ID : 1 Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Codec ID : 2000 Duration : 1h 33mn Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 192 Kbps Channel(s) : 1 channel Channel positions : C Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Stream size : 128 MiB (9%) Alignment : Split accross interleaves Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.00 video frame) Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms Audio #2 ID : 2 Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Codec ID : 2000 Duration : 1h 33mn Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 192 Kbps Channel(s) : 1 channel Channel positions : C Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Stream size : 128 MiB (9%) Alignment : Split accross interleaves Interleave, duration : 49 ms (1.17 video frame) Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048424/ English audio; English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles Dual audio: film audio in channel one and commentaries in channel two. Charles Laughton - The Night of the Hunter (1955) My rip of the Criterion DVD.

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ovcka111 (2010-11-19)

Thank you very much! Could you perhaps also upload "Charles Laughton directs The Night of the Hunter", the collection of outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage? I'd really love to see it and this is the first time it's ever been released.

ovcka111 (2010-11-19)

Just remembered to say; this doc is included on the Criterion DVD as one of extra features .

shawaddy (2013-12-22)

Thank you so much_a real classic
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