Horror ·Thriller · United Kingdom · 1945 · 1h 43m

Dead of Night

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Director
Charles CrichtonBasil DeardenAlberto CavalcantiRobert Hamer
Cast
Mervyn Johns as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story") Roland Culver as Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story") Mary Merrall as Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story") Googie Withers as Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror") Frederick Valk as Dr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") Anthony Baird as Hugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
Crew
Douglas Slocombe — Director of Photography Stanley Pavey — Director of Photography Charles Hasse — Editor Georges Auric — Original Music Composer John Baines — Screenplay Angus MacPhail — Screenplay
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Dead of Night — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
dreamsnightmareinsanityanthologyventriloquistevil dollblack and whiteventriloquist's dummyrecurring dream
Key Collaborators
Charles Crichton Director Basil Dearden Director Alberto Cavalcanti Director Robert Hamer Director Douglas Slocombe Director of Photography Stanley Pavey Director of Photography Charles Hasse Editor Georges Auric Original Music Composer John Baines Screenplay Angus MacPhail Screenplay T. E. B. Clarke Writer Michael Balcon Producer
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