Dead of Night

Dead of Night (1945)

The unexpected, the tragic, the comic, the romantic, the dramatic...

95 min★ 7.5 · 16,150 votes

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.

Release date
September 9, 1945
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Music
Georges Auric

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Trailer

Cast

  • Mervyn Johns as Walter Craig (segment: Overarching story at farmhouse)
  • Roland Culver as Eliot Foley (segment: Overarching story at farmhouse)
  • Mary Merrall as Mrs. Foley (segment: Overarching story at farmhouse)
  • Googie Withers as Joan Cortland (segment: Overarching story at farmhouse) (segment: The Haunted Mirror)
  • Frederick Valk as Dr. Van Straaten (segment: Overarching story at farmhouse) (segment: The Ventriloquist's Dummy)
  • Anthony Baird as Hugh Grainger (segment: Overarching story at farmhouse) (segment: The Hoarse Driver)
  • Sally Ann Howes as Sally O'Hara (segment: Overarching story at farmhouse) (segment: The Christmas Party)
  • Robert Wyndham as Dr. Albury (segment: The Hoarse Driver)
  • Judy Kelly as Joyce Grainger (segment: Overarching story at farmhouse) (segment: The Hoarse Driver)
  • Miles Malleson as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
  • Michael Allan as Jimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story")
  • Barbara Leake as Mrs. O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")
  • Ralph Michael as Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")
  • Esme Percy as Antiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")
  • Basil Radford as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
  • Naunton Wayne as Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")
  • Peggy Bryan as Mary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story")
  • Allan Jeayes as Maurice Olcott (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
  • Michael Redgrave as Maxwell Frere (segment: The Ventriloquist's Dummy)
  • Hartley Power as Sylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
  • Magda Kun as Mitzi (Magda Kun "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
  • Garry Marsh as Harry Parker (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
  • John McGuire as Hugo Fitch (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
  • Peter Jones as Fred, Barman (Segment "Golfing Story") (Uncredited)
  • Paul Bonifas as French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
  • Patrick Aherne as Doctor at Psychiatric Hospital (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)

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