Dead of Night (1945)
Horror, Thriller
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.
Director: Charles Crichton
Director: Basil Dearden
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
Director: Robert Hamer
Writer: T. E. B. Clarke
The 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")
Michael Allan
Jimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story")
Barbara Leake
Mrs. O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")
Ralph Michael
Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")
Esme Percy
Antiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")
Basil Radford
George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Naunton Wayne
Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Peggy Bryan
Mary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Allan Jeayes
Maurice Olcott (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Michael Redgrave
Maxwell Frere (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Elisabeth Welch
Beulah (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Hartley Power
Sylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Magda Kun
Mitzi (Magda Kun "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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