Dead of Night

1945·Movie

1h 43min

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About

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.

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Genres: Ghost Story Horror Anthology
Mood: DarkAtmosphericUnsettlingMysteriousCreepy
Themes: Click below to reveal spoilers
The Human ConditionThe Power Of StorytellingFear And ParanoiaThe Unseen
Plot: Click below to reveal spoilers
Recurring NightmaresTime LoopHaunted LocationsParlor Game Gone WrongUnreliable NarratorGhostly EncountersSupernatural ForcesSinister Ventriloquist's Dummy
Pacing: AlternatingSteadyEpisodic
Narrative: Nonlinear NarrativeFlashbacksAnthology Format
Dialog: Inner MonologuePoetic Language
Character Types: Innocent BystanderEverymanNarratorSinister Figure
Time: Past Era1940s
Place: Rural CountrysideSuburban NeighborhoodEnglish ManorUnderground Club
Cinematic Style: Long TakesLow-Key LightingShadow PlayFirst-Person PerspectiveDutch Angles
Costume and Set: Period-Accurate CostumesMinimalist SetsEnglish Manor House

Sequels and Prequels

No sequels or prequels available

Crew

Directed by:

Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden

Written by:

T. E. B. Clarke

Produced by:

Michael Balcon, Sidney Cole, John Croydon

Composed by:

Georges Auric

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")

Ralph Michael

Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Basil Radford

George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Naunton Wayne

Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Allan Jeayes

Maurice Olcott (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Michael Redgrave

Maxwell Frere (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Hartley Power

Sylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Garry Marsh

Harry Parker (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Renee Gadd

Mrs. Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

John McGuire

Hugo Fitch (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)

Peter Jones

Fred, Barman (Segment "Golfing Story") (Uncredited)

Paul Bonifas

French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)

Patrick Aherne

Doctor at Psychiatric Hospital (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)

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