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Dead of Night

1945 103 min ★ 7.2 Horror, Thriller

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.

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Cast

Mervyn Johns

Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

Roland Culver

Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Mary Merrall

Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Googie Withers

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

Frederick Valk

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

Anthony Baird

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

Sally Ann Howes

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

Robert Wyndham

Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")

Judy Kelly

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

Miles Malleson

Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")

Details

Director

Charles Crichton

Screenplay

John Baines

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

Production

Ealing Studios

Reviews

John Chard

August 17, 2018

★ 9/10

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 everyone in it. This sets off talk about the supernatural and each guest takes it in turn to recount their...

CinemaSerf

February 10, 2023

★ 7/10

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 has a recurring - and rather menacing - dream that predicts doom and gloom. Before he can finish his st...