Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Burgess Meredith, Reid Binion, Diana Scarwid

Director: David Greene

Summary: A young lad called John, son of a convicted bank robber is suspicious when a prison chaplain calls at his house claiming to have heard his father's last confession. It soon becomes clear to the boy that the 'priest' is really an impostor after his father's hidden loot, but no-one will believe him...

In this remake of the classic thriller of the same name, Richard Chamberlain (THORNBIRDS, SHOGUN, THE THREE MUSKETEERS) heads the cast as the sinister psychopathic convict Harry Powell. His fellow prisoner Ben has $50,000 in stolen cash hidden away. While attempting to find out it's whereabouts Harry, posing as a preacher, kills him. When this crime goes undetected and he is released from prison he goes in search of the money, tracking down the only two people who have the answer. They are Ben's children.

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In the entire history of American movies, The Night of the Hunterstands out as the rarest and most exotic of specimens. It is, to say the least, a masterpiece--and not just because it was the only movie directed by flamboyant actor Charles Laughton or the only produced solo screenplay by the legendary critic James Agee (who also co-wrote The African Queen). The truth is, nobody has ever made anything approaching its phantasmagoric, overheated style in which German expressionism, religious hysteria, fairy-tale fantasy (of the Grimm-est variety), and stalker movie are brought together in a furious boil. Like a nightmarish premonition of stalker movies to come, Night of the Huntertells the suspenseful tale of a demented preacher (Robert Mitchum, in a performance that prefigures his memorable villain in Cape Fear), who torments a boy and his little sister--even marries their mixed-up mother (Shelley Winters)--because he's certain the kids know where their late bank-robber father hid a stash of stolen money. So dramatic, primal, and unforgettable are its images--the preacher's shadow looming over the children in their bedroom, the magical boat ride down a river whose banks teem with fantastic wildlife, those tattoos of LOVE and HATE on the unholy man's knuckles, the golden locks of a drowned woman waving in the current along with the indigenous plant life in her watery grave--that they're still haunting audiences (and filmmakers) today. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1991
Release Date:	April 1, 2002
Runtime:	91 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D V D F 029
Keywords:	Night, General, Hunter, Drama
Genre:	Drama