The Prowler
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On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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"Mastered from a completely restored 35 mm print c2009 UCLA Film & Television Archive and Film Noir Foundation."--Container.
Adapted from an original story by Robert Thoeren and Hans Wilhelm.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951 and distributed by United Artists.
The original film was restored by UCLC Film & Television Archive, funded by the Film Noir Foundation and the Stanford Theatre Foundation.
Bonus features include: documentary featurette "The cost of living : creating The prowler" with James Ellroy et al; "Masterpiece in the margins" Bertrand Tavernier on The prowler; "On the prowl: restoring The prowler" the Film Noir Foundation and UCLA Film & Television Archive partnership; audio commentary by film noir expert Eddie Muller; original theatrical trailer; photo gallery.
Van Heflin (Webb Garwood); Evelyn Keyes (Susan Gilvray); John Maxwell (Bud Crocker); Katharine Warren (Mrs. Crocker); Emerson Treacy (William Gilvray); Madge Blake (Martha Gilvray); Wheaton Chambers (Doctor James); Robert Osterloh (coroner); Sherry Hall (John Gilvray); Louise Lorimer (motel manager); Louise Bates (doctor's wife); Steve Carruthers (Mr. Talbot); Betty Jane Howarth (Mrs. Talbot); Fred Hoose (foreman); Alan Harris (clerk).
A nefarious cop stalks a lonely, repressed Los Angeles housewife and decides to win her by killing her husband.
DVD, all regions, NTSC, fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby 2.0 mono.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In English with optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[Tulsa, OK] : VCI Entertainment, [2011]
Year Published: 2011
Description: 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1557397120
9781557397126
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Losey, Joseph.
Spiegel, Sam.
Butler, Hugo, 1914-1968.
Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976.
Heflin, Van, 1910-1971.
Keyes, Evelyn, 1916-2008.
Maxwell, John, 1918-1982.
Warren, Katherine, 1905-1965.
Treacy, Emerson, 1900-1967.
Blake, Madge, 1899-1969.
Murray, Lyn, 1909-1989.
Miller, Arthur C.
Weatherwax, Paul.
Friedman, Izzy, 1903-1981.
Winkler, Ben.
Wilhelm, Hans, 1904-1980.
Thoeren, Robert, 1903-1957.
United Artists Corporation.
UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Film Noir Foundation.
Stanford Theatre Foundation.
VCI Entertainment (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Adultery -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
Husbands -- Crimes against -- Drama.
Police corruption -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
Film noir.
Crime films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.