Film • Sep 9, 1945
Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
Dead of Night
- Status
- Released
- Release
- September 9, 1945 (80 years ago)
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Anthology Horror
- Themes
- Supernatural Horror
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Companies
- Ealing Studios
Cast
Mervyn JohnsWalter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
Roland CulverEliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
Mary MerrallMrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
Googie WithersJoan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")
Frederick ValkDr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Anthony BairdHugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
Sally Ann HowesSally O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")
Robert WyndhamDr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")
Judy KellyJoyce Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
Miles MallesonHearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
Michael AllanJimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story")
Barbara LeakeMrs. O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")
Ralph MichaelPeter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")
Esme PercyAntiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")
Basil RadfordGeorge Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Naunton WayneLarry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Peggy BryanMary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Allan JeayesMaurice Olcott (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Michael RedgraveMaxwell Frere (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Elisabeth WelchBeulah (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Hartley PowerSylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Magda KunMitzi (Magda Kun "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Garry MarshHarry Parker (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Renee GaddMrs. Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
Paul Bonifas
Barry Ford
Peter Jones
Crew
Scores
- Average Score
- 76.5%
FilmAffinity
- 70%
IMDb
- 75%
Letterboxd
- 75%
Rotten Tomatoes
- 86%
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- None
- Violence
- Low
- Profanity
- None
- Algohol & Drugs
- Low
- Fright & Intensity
- Low
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