Dead of Night (1946)

  • NR
  • 06/28/1946 (US)
  • Horror, Thriller
  • 1h 43m

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

Overview

While seeking some architectural work at a country farmhouse, Walter Craig soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. He’s forced to listen to the bizarre tales of each guest while dreading the terrible end he knows is coming.

Charles Crichton

Director

John Baines

Screenplay

Angus MacPhail

Screenplay

Basil Dearden

Director

Alberto Cavalcanti

Director

Robert Hamer

Director

T. E. B. Clarke

Writer

Cast

Mervyn Johns's headshot

Mervyn Johns

Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
Roland Culver's headshot

Roland Culver

Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
Mary Merrall's headshot

Mary Merrall

Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
Googie Withers's headshot

Googie Withers

Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")
Frederick Valk's headshot

Frederick Valk

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

Anthony Baird

Hugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
Sally Ann Howes's headshot

Sally Ann Howes

Sally O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")
Robert Wyndham's headshot

Robert Wyndham

Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")

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