The prowler
(DVD)

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Contributors
Losey, Joseph, director.
Spiegel, Sam, producer.
Butler, Hugo, 1914-1968, screenwriter.
Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976, screenwriter.
Heflin, Van, 1910-1971, actor.
Published
[Tulsa, OK] : VCI Entertainment, [2011].
Format
DVD
Edition
Full screen ver.
ISBN
1557397120, 9781557397126
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Available from Another Library
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Published
[Tulsa, OK] : VCI Entertainment, [2011].
Edition
Full screen ver.
Language
English
ISBN
1557397120, 9781557397126
UPC
089859858925

Notes

General Note
"Mastered from a completely restored 35 mm print c2009 UCLA Film & Television Archive and Film Noir Foundation."--Container.
General Note
Adapted from an original story by Robert Thoeren and Hans Wilhelm.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951 and distributed by United Artists.
General Note
The original film was restored by UCLC Film & Television Archive, funded by the Film Noir Foundation and the Stanford Theatre Foundation.
General 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.
Creation/Production 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).
Participants/Performers
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).
Description
A nefarious cop stalks a lonely, repressed Los Angeles housewife and decides to win her by killing her husband.
System Details
DVD; NTSC, Dolby 2.0 mono.; all regions.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles.

Subjects

LC Subjects
Adultery -- Drama.
Crime films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Film noir.
Husbands -- Crimes against -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
Police corruption -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
Thoeren, Robert, -- 1903-1957 -- Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Wilhelm, Hans, -- 1904-1980 -- Film adaptations.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Losey, J., Spiegel, S., Butler, H., Trumbo, D., Heflin, V., Keyes, E., Maxwell, J., Warren, K., Treacy, E., Blake, M., Murray, L., Miller, A. C., Weatherwax, P., Friedman, I., Winkler, B., Wilhelm, H., & Thoeren, R. (2011). The prowler (Full screen ver.). VCI Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Joseph, Losey et al.. 2011. The Prowler. [Tulsa, OK]: VCI Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Joseph, Losey et al.. The Prowler [Tulsa, OK]: VCI Entertainment, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Losey, Joseph,, et al. The Prowler Full screen ver., VCI Entertainment, 2011.

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