The Night of the Hunter Blu-ray

Release Year: 1955

Runtime: 93 min

Director: Charles Laughton

Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce

Studios: Paul Gregory Productions, United Artists

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Special Features:

Disc One

New, restored digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • Audio commentary by second-unit director Terry Sanders, film critic F. X. Feeney, archivist Robert Gitt, and author Preston Neal Jones • New documentary featuring interviews with producer Paul Gregory, Sanders, Feeney, Jones, and author Jeffrey Couchman • Interview with Charles Laughton biographer Simon Callow • Clip from The Ed Sullivan Show in which cast members perform a deleted scene • Fifteen-minute archival documentary about the film, featuring actor Robert Mitchum • Archival interview with cinematographer Stanley Cortez • Gallery of sketches by Davis Grubb, author of the source novel • Trailer.

Disc Two

Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter,' a two-and-a-half-hour treasure trove of outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage • New conversation between Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin about Charles Laughton Directs.

Plus

A booklet featuring essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Michael Sragow.

Technical Specifications:

• High-Definition Video and Audio