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Dead of Night

Dead of Night
★ 7.2/10•1945•1h 43m•NR•Horror•Thriller

The unexpected, the tragic, the comic, the romantic, the dramatic...

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.

Alberto Cavalcanti · Director

Charles Crichton · Director

Basil Dearden · Director

Robert Hamer · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 43m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 9, 1945

Actors

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")

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The Devil Rides Out
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Eradication
Twilight Zone: The Movie

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