Dead of Night (1945)

Movie Details

Original Title Dead of Night

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.9

Cast

Mervyn Johns

Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

Popularity: 2.8

Roland Culver

Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Popularity: 0.7

Mary Merrall

Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Popularity: 0.7

Googie Withers

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

Popularity: 0.4

Frederick Valk

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

Popularity: 0.2

Anthony Baird

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

Popularity: 1.0

Sally Ann Howes

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

Popularity: 0.6

Robert Wyndham

Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")

Popularity: 0.3

Judy Kelly

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

Popularity: 0.1

Miles Malleson

Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")

Popularity: 0.4

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Michael Allan

Jimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story")

Popularity: 0.3

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Barbara Leake

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

Popularity: 0.5

Key Crew

Director Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti

Screenplay John Baines, Angus MacPhail

Producer Michael Balcon

Editor Charles Hasse

Writer T. E. B. Clarke

Production

Ealing Studios

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Videos & Trailers

STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS: THE PODCAST - Episode 9 - Dead of Night and The Queen of Spades

Featurette

Remembering Dead of Night - Feature-length Documentary

Featurette

Dead of Night 1945 Trailer

Trailer

Dead of Night - Maxwell and Hugo

Clip

Dead of Night' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

dreams nightmare insanity anthology ventriloquist evil doll black and white ventriloquist's dummy recurring dream

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 9/10

Aug 17, 2018

A weekend in the country? I should go. Architect Walter Craig arrives at Pilgrim's Farm for a weekend party held by what he hopes is a prospective client. Upon entering the farm house, Walter amazes everyone by telling them that he has a recurring nightmare about the house, the weekend and everyo ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Feb 10, 2023

Ever since I was a small child I have loathed ventriloquist's dummies. They put the fear of death into me - and I am fairly certain that seeing this film in the 1970s is to blame. It's a compendium of four stories told by guests at a farmhouse, and is all kicked off by Mervyn Johns ("Craig") who has ... Read more