Description |
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC, Dolby 2.0 mono.; all regions. |
Cast |
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). |
Credits |
Director of photography, Arthur Miller ; editor, Paul Weatherwax ; music composed and conducted by Lyn Murray ; music director, Irving Friedman ; sound, Benny Winkler ; screenplay by Hugo Butler (as a front for blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. cf container) |
Note |
"Mastered from a completely restored 35 mm print c2009 UCLA Film & Television Archive and Film Noir Foundation." --Container. |
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Adapted from an original story by Robert Thoeren and Hans Wilhelm. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1951 and distributed by United Artists. |
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The original film was restored by UCLC Film & Television Archive, funded by the Film Noir Foundation and the Stanford Theatre Foundation. |
Summary |
A nefarious cop stalks a lonely, repressed Los Angeles housewife and decides to win her by killing her husband. |
Note |
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. |
Language |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Adultery -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Husbands -- Crimes against -- Drama.
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Police corruption -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
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Thoeren, Robert, 1903-1957 -- Film adaptations.
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Wilhelm, Hans, 1904-1980 -- Film adaptations.
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Genre/Form |
Film noir.
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Crime films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Added Author |
Losey, Joseph. Director.
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Spiegel, Sam. Producer.
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Butler, Hugo, 1914-1968. Screenwriter.
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Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976. Screenwriter.
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Heflin, Van, 1910-1971. Actor.
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Keyes, Evelyn, 1916-2008. Actor.
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Maxwell, John. Actor.
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Warren, Katherine, 1905-1965. Actor.
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Treacy, Emerson, 1900-1967. Actor.
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Blake, Madge, 1899-1969. Actor.
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Murray, Lyn, 1909-1989. Composer.
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Miller, Arthur C. Cinematographer.
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Weatherwax, Paul. Film editor.
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Friedman, Izzy, 1903-1981.
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Winkler, Ben.
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Wilhelm, Hans, 1904-1980.
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Thoeren, Robert, 1903-1957.
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United Artists Corporation.
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UCLA Film and Television Archive.
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Film Noir Foundation.
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Stanford Theatre Foundation.
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VCI Entertainment (Firm)
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ISBN |
1557397120 |
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9781557397126 |
Standard No. |
089859858925 |
Music No. |
8589 VCI Entertainemt |
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