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Dead of Night (1945)

Poster for Dead of Night

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Charles Crichton
  • Profile picture of Mervyn Johns
    Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story") Mervyn Johns
  • Profile picture of Roland Culver
    Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story") Roland Culver
  • Profile picture of Mary Merrall
    Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story") Mary Merrall
  • Profile picture of Googie Withers
    Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror") Googie Withers
  • Profile picture of Frederick Valk
    Dr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") Frederick Valk
  • Profile picture of Anthony Baird
    Hugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor") Anthony Baird
  • Profile picture of Sally Ann Howes
    Sally O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story") Sally Ann Howes
  • Profile picture of Robert Wyndham
    Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story") Robert Wyndham

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Keywords

  • dreams
  • nightmare
  • insanity
  • anthology
  • ventriloquist
  • evil doll
  • black and white
  • ventriloquist's dummy
  • recurring dream