murder,psychological thriller,nervous breakdown,newlywed,schoolhouse

Fear in the Night (1972)

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It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Peggy is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?

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Cast & Crew

Director
Jimmy Sangster
  • Profile picture of Joan Collins
    Molly Carmichael Joan Collins
  • Profile picture of Peter Cushing
    Michael Carmichael Peter Cushing
  • Profile picture of Judy Geeson
    Peggy Heller Judy Geeson
  • Profile picture of Ralph Bates
    Robert Heller Ralph Bates
  • Profile picture of James Cossins
    The Doctor James Cossins
  • Profile picture of Gillian Lind
    Mrs. Beamish Gillian Lind
  • Profile picture of Brian Grellis
    2nd Policeman Brian Grellis

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Keywords

  • murder
  • psychological thriller
  • nervous breakdown
  • newlywed
  • schoolhouse