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Don't Go to Sleep

  • TV Movie
  • 1982
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.5K
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Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
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A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.

  • Director
    • Richard Lang
  • Writer
    • Ned Wynn
  • Stars
    • Dennis Weaver
    • Valerie Harper
    • Robin Ignico
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    1.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard Lang
    • Writer
      • Ned Wynn
    • Stars
      • Dennis Weaver
      • Valerie Harper
      • Robin Ignico
    • 62User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Valerie Harper and Dennis Weaver in Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
    Robin Ignico and Oliver Robins in Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
    Valerie Harper and Dennis Weaver in Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
    Ruth Gordon in Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
    Valerie Harper and Ruth Gordon in Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
    Dennis Weaver in Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
    Valerie Harper and Ruth Gordon in Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
    Robin Ignico in Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
    Ruth Gordon in Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
    Ruth Gordon in Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
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    Ruth Gordon in Don't Go to Sleep (1982)

    Cast13

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    Dennis Weaver
    Dennis Weaver
    • Phillip
    Valerie Harper
    Valerie Harper
    • Laura
    Robin Ignico
    Robin Ignico
    • Mary
    Kristin Cumming
    Kristin Cumming
    • Jennifer
    Oliver Robins
    Oliver Robins
    • Kevin
    Claudette Nevins
    Claudette Nevins
    • Dr. Robin Samuel
    Ruth Gordon
    Ruth Gordon
    • Bernice
    Robert Webber
    Robert Webber
    • Dr. Cole
    Marilyn Coleman
    • Sarah
    Tim Haldeman
    Tim Haldeman
    • Intern
    Haven Earle Haley
    • Priest
    Ned Wynn
    • Paramedic
    Ross Porter
    • Radio Sportscaster
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Richard Lang
    • Writer
      • Ned Wynn
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Dennis Weaver reads an article about a house "made entirely out of bottles". His own famous home was made out of recycled tires, cans and bottles.
    • Goofs
      The radio is plugged into a socket across from the bath/shower. Mary "accidently" unplugs the radio instead of the dryer and then plugs it back in. The radio is set inside the bathtub near the father's feet, with the cord still outside the tub area. Next the cord is seen being pulled tight by someone (unseen) which pulls the radio into the bath water. From this angle, pulling the radio by its cord would cause it to fall onto the bathroom floor, not in the tub.
    • Quotes

      Bernice: [after seeing Mary's bed on fire] The kid shouldn't have been smoking in bed!

    • Connections
      Referenced in Harmontown: Jock Jams and Pearl Jams (2013)

    User reviews62

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    SEEK THIS OUT AND WATCH IT!!
    I recently heard about this movie and found a 'collector's copy' (read: bootleg) on e-bay(it's a made-for-tv film that was never released on video). To say this movie is scary, creepy and one of the best tv movies ever made is a complete understatement. After watching it, I was stunned and totally freaked out. Dennis Weaver and Valerie Harper are amazing as the parents of a little girl who keeps seeing the ghost of her dead sister, killed a year earlier in a mysterious accident (I guarantee you M. Night Shumaylan used this film as an inspiration for THE SIXTH SENSE). The scene where Weaver and Harper confront/attack each other over the death of their child is frightening and heartbreaking. That scene alone should have netted both of them an emmy, especially Harper. She's brilliant.

    Frightening, eerie, creepy, and very ballsy for a tv movie from 1982 (produced by Aaron Spelling!). Current television MOW writers should hang their heads in shame when they compare the current disease-of-the-week drivel they churn out with this classic ghost story (written by actor Ned Wynn, son of actor Keenan Wynn). Whoever owns the rights to this (I'm assuming ABC) please get it out on DVD or else I'M gonna start bootlegging it! The public has GOT to get this!
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    • patrickstibbs
    • Jul 22, 2002

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 10, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ne idi na spavanje
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(as The Burbank Studios, Burbank, California)
    • Production company
      • Aaron Spelling Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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