Arrow Films' Arrow Academy label has officially announced its upcoming deluxe Blu-ray release of Charles Laughton's
The Night of the Hunter (1955), starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Lillian Gish. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on October 7th.
Psychopathic preacher Harry Powell is arrested for a minor offence in a small West Virginian town. His cell mate, Ben Harper (Peter Graves), who faces the death penalty, confides that he has hidden $10,000 from a bank robbery. When Powell is released Harper has already been hanged, so the preacher tracks down his widow and children in an attempt to get his hands on the loot.
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
- Booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic and filmmaker David Thompson with more to be announced