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Dead of Night

(1945, 1h 39min, NR)
7.6

(1945, 1h 39min, NR)7.6

Dead of Night

(1945, 1h 39min, NR)

(1945, 1h 39min, NR)
7.6

7.6

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Genre

Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Anthology, Suspense, Old movies

Synopsis

A phone rings. Architect Mervyn Johns is wakened from a nightmare and summoned to the country estate of Roland Culver. Here he meets several strangers, all of whom seem vaguely familiar to him. The conversation turns to nightmares, with each guest relating a recent disturbing dream or real-life event. Anthony Baird weaves a tale about being invited into a hearse with the words "Room for one more, sir." Teen-ager Sally Ann Howes speaks of the time that she met a strange, melancholy child dressed in 19th-century garb during a birthday party. Googie Withers recalls with a shudder how an antique mirror purchased by her husband Ralph Michael nearly prompted her strangulation. There is a comic interlude involving golfers Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne, one of whom is flummoxed by the ubiquitous ghost of the other. The best is saved till last: the story of unbalanced ventriloquist Michael Redgrave and his malevolent dummy. At the end of this round-robin, Johns suddenly and without warning kills psychiatrist Frederick Valk -- just as he predicted that he would. Johns runs from the house, confronting scenes from the various aforementioned nightmares, and then finds himself safe in his own bed. It's all been a horrible dream. And then, the phone rings, and Johns is summoned to the country estate of Roland Culver.....Perhaps the single most influential "portmanteau" film ever made, Dead of Night was for years available only in a crudely re-edited version, eliminated the Sally Ann Howes and the "golfing" vignettes. Even when fully restored, the full effect of the film was lost whenever some thick-witted projectionist would shut off the film before the "deja vu" closing credits.

Cast

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Mervyn Johns

Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

Mervyn Johns

Roland Culver

Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Roland Culver

Mary Merrall

Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Mary Merrall

Googie Withers

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

Googie Withers

Frederick Valk

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

Frederick Valk

Anthony Baird

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

Anthony Baird

Sally Ann Howes

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

Sally Ann Howes

Robert Wyndham

Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")

Robert Wyndham

Miles Malleson

Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")

Miles Malleson

Michael Allan

Jimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story")

Michael Allan

Judy Kelly

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

Judy Kelly

Barbara Leake

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

Barbara Leake

Ralph Michael

Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Ralph Michael

Esme Percy

Antiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Esme Percy

Basil Radford

George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Basil Radford

Naunton Wayne

Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Naunton Wayne

Peggy Bryan

Mary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Peggy Bryan

Allan Jeayes

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

Allan Jeayes

Michael Redgrave

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

Michael Redgrave

Elisabeth Welch

Beulah (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Elisabeth Welch

Hartley Power

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

Hartley Power

Magda Kun

Mitzi (Magda Kun "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Magda Kun

Renée Gadd

Mrs. Craig

Renée Gadd

John McGuire

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

John McGuire

Garry Marsh

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

Garry Marsh

Bonifas

French Nightclub Patron

Bonifas

Pat Aherne

Doctor at Psychiatric Hospital

Pat Aherne

Peter Jones

Fred, Barman

Peter Jones

Paul Bonifas

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

Paul Bonifas

Patrick Aherne

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

Patrick Aherne

Barry Ford

Barry Ford

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