The prowler /

A nefarious cop stalks a lonely, repressed Los Angeles housewife and decides to win her by killing her husband.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Prowler (Motion picture : 1951)
Main Author:	Murray, Lyn, 1909-1989 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	United Artists Corporation, UCLA Film and Television Archive, Film Noir Foundation, Stanford Theatre Foundation, VCI Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Losey, Joseph (Director), Spiegel, Sam (Producer), Butler, Hugo, 1914-1968 (Screenwriter), Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976 (Screenwriter), Heflin, Van, 1910-1971 (Actor), Keyes, Evelyn, 1916-2008 (Actor), Maxwell, John (Actor), Warren, Katherine, 1905-1965 (Actor), Treacy, Emerson, 1900-1967 (Actor), Blake, Madge, 1899-1969 (Actor), Miller, Arthur C. (Cinematographer), Weatherwax, Paul (Film editor), Friedman, Izzy, 1903-1981, Winkler, Ben, Wilhelm, Hans, 1904-1980, Thoeren, Robert, 1903-1957
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[Tulsa, Okla.] : VCI Entertainment, [2011]
Subjects:	Adultery > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Murder > Drama. Husbands > Crimes against > Drama. Police corruption > California > Los Angeles > Drama. Thoeren, Robert, > 1903-1957 > Film adaptations. Wilhelm, Hans, > 1904-1980 > Film adaptations. Film noir. Crime films. Fiction films. Feature films. Feature films > United States. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Description
Summary:	A nefarious cop stalks a lonely, repressed Los Angeles housewife and decides to win her by killing her husband.
Item Description:	"Mastered from a completely restored 35 mm print c2009 UCLA Film & Television Archive and Film Noir Fouondation." --Container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. Original distributor was United Artists. "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. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC, Dolby 2.0 mono.; all regions.
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)
ISBN:	1557397120 9781557397126