The Night of the Hunter

The film 'La noche del cazador' is the Spanish-language title for Charles Laughton's 1955 American masterpiece 'The Night of the Hunter'. This film was originally registered for US copyright by Paul Gregory and Charles Laughton's production company (Gregory Associates, Inc.) on August 1, 1955 under registration number LP5165. Because the film was published between 1928 and 1963, its US copyright required a renewal between the 27th and 28th years of its first term to stay protected. The registration was successfully renewed on May 5, 1983, by United Artists Corp. (the successor in interest) under renewal registration number RE165039. Under current US law (the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act), as a work for hire published in 1955 with a valid renewal, the copyright remains in effect for 95 years from the publication date, meaning it will not enter the public domain in the US until January 1, 2051.