Dead of Night
Dead of Night
Dead of Night
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1945
1h 43m
7.2(292 votes)
Horror
Thriller

Overview

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

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Production Companies

Ealing Studios

Videos & Trailers

5 videos

Cast & Crew

28 members
Acting

Mervyn Johns

Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

Mervyn Johns
Acting

Roland Culver

Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Roland Culver
Acting

Mary Merrall

Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Mary Merrall
Acting

Googie Withers

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

Googie Withers
Acting

Frederick Valk

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

Frederick Valk
Acting

Anthony Baird

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

Anthony Baird
Acting

Sally Ann Howes

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

Sally Ann Howes
Acting

Robert Wyndham

Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")

Robert Wyndham
Acting

Judy Kelly

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

Judy Kelly
Acting

Miles Malleson

Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")

Miles Malleson
Acting

Michael Allan

Jimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story")

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Barbara Leake

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

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Ralph Michael

Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Ralph Michael
Acting

Esme Percy

Antiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Esme Percy
Acting

Basil Radford

George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Basil Radford
Acting

Naunton Wayne

Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Naunton Wayne
Acting

Peggy Bryan

Mary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story")

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Acting

Allan Jeayes

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

Allan Jeayes
Acting

Michael Redgrave

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

Michael Redgrave
Acting

Elisabeth Welch

Beulah (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

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Acting

Hartley Power

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

Hartley Power
Acting

Magda Kun

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

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Garry Marsh

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

Garry Marsh
Acting

Renee Gadd

Mrs. Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

Renee Gadd
Acting

John McGuire

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

John McGuire
Acting

Peter Jones

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

Peter Jones
Acting

Paul Bonifas

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

Paul Bonifas
Acting

Patrick Aherne

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

Patrick Aherne

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