Dead of Night

19451945
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1h 17min

Dead of Night (1945)

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The guests invited to weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig , who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reali... Read allThe guests invited to 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.The guests invited to 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.

Directors
- Alberto Cavalcanti(segments Christmas Party, The Ventriloquist's Dummy)
- Charles Crichton(segment Golfing Story)
- Basil Dearden(segments Hearse Driver, Linking Narrative)
Writers
- John Baines(screenplay)
- Angus MacPhail(screenplay)
- T.E.B. Clarke(additional dialogue)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

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Walter Craig (segment "Linking Story")as Walter Craig (segment "Linking Story")

Michael Redgrave

Maxwell Frere (segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")as Maxwell Frere (segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Eliot Foley (segment "Linking Story")as Eliot Foley (segment "Linking Story")

Mrs. Foley (segment "Linking Story")as Mrs. Foley (segment "Linking Story")

Joan Cortland (segment "Linking Story")as Joan Cortland (segment "Linking Story")…

Dr. Van Straaten (segment "Linking Story")as Dr. Van Straaten (segment "Linking Story")…

Hugh Grainger (segment "Linking Story")as Hugh Grainger (segment "Linking Story")
(as Antony Baird)
…

Sally Ann Howes

Sally O'Hara (segment "Linking Story")as Sally O'Hara (segment "Linking Story")…

Dr. Albury (segment "The Hearse Driver")as Dr. Albury (segment "The Hearse Driver")

Joyce Grainger (segment "Linking Story")as Joyce Grainger (segment "Linking Story")…

Hearse Driver (segment "The Hearse Driver")as Hearse Driver (segment "The Hearse Driver")

Jimmy Watson (segment "Christmas Story")as Jimmy Watson (segment "Christmas Story")

Mrs. O'Hara (segment "Linking Story")as Mrs. O'Hara (segment "Linking Story")

Peter Cortland (segment "The Haunted Mirror")as Peter Cortland (segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Antique Dealer (segment "The Haunted Mirror")as Antique Dealer (segment "The Haunted Mirror")
(as Esmé Percy)

George Parratt (segment "Golfing Story")as George Parratt (segment "Golfing Story")

Larry Potter (segment "Golfing Story")as Larry Potter (segment "Golfing Story")

Mary Lee (segment "Golfing Story")as Mary Lee (segment "Golfing Story")

Directors
- Alberto Cavalcanti(segments Christmas Party, The Ventriloquist's Dummy)
- Charles Crichton(segment Golfing Story)
- Basil Dearden(segments Hearse Driver, Linking Narrative)
Writers
- John Baines(screenplay) (original story)
- Angus MacPhail(screenplay) (original story)
- T.E.B. Clarke(additional dialogue)
All cast & crew
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Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns), 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. —Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

anthology dream architect recurring dream psychiatrist 146 more

Taglines
- Even GREATER than "Seventh Veil"
Genres
- Drama
- Horror
Certificate
- Approved
Parents guide

Trivia
U.S. distributors thought that the original print of the movie was too long. Therefore, the golfing tale and the Christmas ghost tale were cut. This confused American audiences who could not understand what Michael Allen, from the Christmas ghost tale, was doing in the nightmare montage at the end.

Goofs
As Peter Cortland stands looking into the mirror his wife-to-be has bought him, the stripes on his tie run from his left side, down to his right. A reverse shot shows the stripes on his tie running in the same direction; obviously not a mirror image.

Quotes
Hearse Driver: Just room for one inside, sir.

Alternate versions
The UK release is 105 minutes long and features five stories (The Hearse Driver, The Christmas Party, The Haunted Mirror, The Golfing Story, and The Ventriloquist's Dummy). When originally released in the USA, two of the stories (The Christmas Party and The Golfing Story), were removed to shorten the film to 77-minutes. Later reissues and television version reinstated the missing segments.

Connections
Edited into Hackers (1995)

Soundtracks
The Hullalooba
Played by Frank Weir and his Sextet
Sung by Elisabeth Welch

Top review

And I thought I might have dreamed up the whole thing!

For years I've wondered if I really saw a movie that served as the source for innumerable childhood dreams and fears. I tried telling folks about seeing this British film on TV in the 1960s, but it was so jumbled in my memory that I really couldn't describe it properly. I knew it led to a lifelong dread of ventriloquist dummies, but I couldn't figure out how that tied to an architect at a country house party.

For no apparent reason today I put "ventriloquist movie" into yahoo and skimmed down to Dead of Night - British 1945. At long last I knew that I hadn't imagined the whole thing - and boy am I relieved! I'm also delighted to find that I've been "haunted" by a classic of the genre that has had a big impact on so many others.

I'm looking forward to ordering it and watching it again.

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Mar 11, 2004

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Release date
- February 15, 1946 (Finland)
Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Languages
- English
- French
Also known as
- Gluvo doba noći
Filming locations
- Turville, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Production company
- Ealing Studios
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Gross worldwide
- $1,919

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Runtime
- 1h 17min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

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