Dead of Night

Dead of Night

The unexpected, the tragic, the comic, the romantic, the dramatic... 1945-09-09 United Kingdom 103 minutes.

7.19 282 votes

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Overview

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests' own bizarre tales.

Year 1945

Studio Ealing Studios

Director Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer

Crew Alberto Cavalcanti (Director), Charles Crichton (Director), Basil Dearden (Director), Robert Hamer (Director), John Baines (Screenplay), Angus MacPhail (Screenplay)

Popularity 2

Language Français, English

Cast

Mervyn Johns is Walter Craig (Segment

Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

Roland Culver is Eliot Foley (Segment

Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Mary Merrall is Mrs. Foley (Segment

Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Googie Withers is Joan Cortland (Segment

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

Frederick Valk is Dr. Van Straaten (Segment

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

Anthony Baird is Hugh Grainger (Segment

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

Sally Ann Howes is Sally O'Hara (Segment

Sally Ann Howes

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

Robert Wyndham is Dr. Albury (Segment

Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")

Judy Kelly is Joyce Grainger (Segment

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

Miles Malleson is Hearse Driver (Segment

Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")

Jimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story")

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

Ralph Michael is Peter Cortland (Segment

Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Antiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Basil Radford is George Parratt (Segment

George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Naunton Wayne is Larry Potter (Segment

Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Mary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Allan Jeayes is Maurice Olcott (Segment

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

Michael Redgrave is Maxwell Frere (Segment

Michael Redgrave

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

Elisabeth Welch

Beulah (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Hartley Power is Sylvester Kee (Segment

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

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

Garry Marsh is Harry Parker (Segment

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

Renee Gadd is Mrs. Craig (Segment

Mrs. Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

John McGuire is Hugo Fitch (Segment

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

Peter Jones is Fred, Barman (Segment

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

Paul Bonifas is French Nightclub Patron (Segment

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

Patrick Aherne is Doctor at Psychiatric Hospital (Segment

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

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