Dead of Night

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

Genre : HorrorThriller

Runtime : 103 mins

Release Date : 1945-09-09

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A weekend in the country? I should go. Architect Walter Craig arrives at Pilgrim's Farm for a weekend party held by what he hopes is a prospective client. Upon entering the farm house, Walter amazes everyone by telling them that he has a recurring nightmare about the house, the weekend and every...

Ever since I was a small child I have loathed ventriloquist's dummies. They put the fear of death into me - and I am fairly certain that seeing this film in the 1970s is to blame. It's a compendium of four stories told by guests at a farmhouse, and is all kicked off by Mervyn Johns ("Craig") who ha...

Cast

Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

(Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story"))

Roland Culver

Roland Culver

(Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story"))

Mary Merrall

Mary Merrall

(Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story"))

Googie Withers

Googie Withers

(Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror"))

Frederick Valk

Frederick Valk

(Dr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"))

Anthony Baird

Anthony Baird

(Hugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor"))

Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes

(Sally O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story"))

Robert Wyndham

Robert Wyndham

(Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story"))

Judy Kelly

Judy Kelly

(Joyce Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor"))

Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

(Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor"))

Michael Allan

(Jimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story"))

Barbara Leake

(Mrs. O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story"))

Ralph Michael

Ralph Michael

(Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror"))

Esme Percy

Esme Percy

(Antiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror"))

Basil Radford

Basil Radford

(George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story"))

Naunton Wayne

Naunton Wayne

(Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story"))

Peggy Bryan

(Mary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story"))

Allan Jeayes

Allan Jeayes

(Maurice Olcott (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"))

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

(Maxwell Frere (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"))

Elisabeth Welch

(Beulah (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"))

Hartley Power

Hartley Power

(Sylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"))

Magda Kun

(Mitzi (Magda Kun "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"))

Garry Marsh

Garry Marsh

(Harry Parker (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"))

Renee Gadd

Renee Gadd

(Mrs. Craig (Segment "Linking Story"))

John McGuire

John McGuire

(Hugo Fitch (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited))

Peter Jones

Peter Jones

(Fred, Barman (Segment "Golfing Story") (Uncredited))

Paul Bonifas

Paul Bonifas

(French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited))

Patrick Aherne

Patrick Aherne

(Doctor at Psychiatric Hospital (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited))

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