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The unexpected, the tragic, the comic, the romantic, the dramatic..... - Dead of Night
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Title: Dead of Night

Release Date: 9 Sep 1945

Runtime: 1h 43m

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Director: Ealing Studios

Production Companies: Ealing Studios

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.2 (274 votes)

Cast

  • Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story"): Mervyn Johns
  • Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story"): Roland Culver
  • Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story"): Mary Merrall
  • Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror"): Googie Withers
  • Dr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"): Frederick Valk
  • Hugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor"): Anthony Baird
  • Sally O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story"): Sally Ann Howes
  • Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story"): Robert Wyndham
  • Joyce Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor"): Judy Kelly
  • Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor"): Miles Malleson
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