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Fear in the Night ()

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A man dreams he committed murder, then begins to suspect it was real.
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Cliff Herlihy
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Betty Winters
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Vince Grayson
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Lil Herlihy
Charles Victor ...
Captain Warner
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Lewis Belknap, aka Harry Byrd
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Deputy Torrence (as Jeff Yorke)
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Joey Ray ...
Contractor (scenesDeleted)
Loyette Thomson ...
Waitress (scenesDeleted)
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Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Collins ...
Man (uncredited)
Leander De Cordova ...
Man (uncredited)
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Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Bank Patron (uncredited)
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Rental Home Owner (uncredited)
John Harmon ...
Clyde Bilyou (uncredited)
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Bob Clune (uncredited)
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Man with Packages in Elevator (uncredited)
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Mr. Kern (uncredited)
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Mrs. Dorothy Belknap (uncredited)

Directed by

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Maxwell Shane

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Cornell Woolrich ... (story "Nightmare") (as William Irish)
 
Maxwell Shane ... (written for the screen by)

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L.B. Merman ... associate producer
William H. Pine ... producer (uncredited)
William C. Thomas ... producer (uncredited)

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Rudy Schrager

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Jack Greenhalgh ... director of photography

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Howard A. Smith ... (as Howard Smith)

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Frank Paul Sylos ... (as F. Paul Sylos)

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Harry Reif ... (as Elias H. Reif)

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Howard Pine ... assistant director

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Frank Webster ... sound recordist

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Bank teller Vince Grayson wakes from a nightmare in which he and an unknown woman murdered a man in a strange, mirrored room. Only a dream...but Vince finds that he has physical objects and bruises from his "dream." His cop brother-in-law dismisses his story...until the family, on a picnic, takes shelter from a thunderstorm in a deserted mansion containing that mirrored room. Is doom closing in on Vince? Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines Can a man commit MURDER in a dream?...Here is the spine-tingling, blood-freezing answer...different from any mystery you've ever seen!...(original ad) See more »
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Also Known As
  • And So Scared to Death (United States)
  • Nightmare (United States)
  • Angoisse dans la nuit (France)
  • Το ταξίδι του τρόμου (Greece)
  • Het mysterie van de nacht (Netherlands)
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  • 72 min
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Trivia The film marked Maxwell Shane's directorial debut, and the feature film debut of DeForest Kelley (1920--1999), a prolific character actor in both motion pictures and television who was best known for his role as "Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy" on the television series Star Trek and its subsequent feature film adaptations. See more »
Goofs When Cliff runs out of the hotel onto the sidewalk and looks up to see Vince about to jump from the window, the sidewalk is wet, having just rained. But when he quickly runs back into the hotel to save Vince, it's dry. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Carolina (2003). See more »
Crazy Credits Author Cornell Woolrich is billed as "William Irish", one of his regular magazine pseudonyms. See more »
Quotes Vince Grayson: I've got an honest man's conscience... in a murderer's body.
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