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Dead of Night|Michael Redgrave

Dead of Night

Michael Redgrave and Googie Withers
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Overview

On seeing Eliot Foley's house, Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) pauses querulously. Meeting the assembled guests, he falls into numbed silence. Although Craig has never visited Foley (Roland Culver), the experience is eerily familiar. He has seen this place before and has met these people--in a recurring nightmare. One guest, psychiatrist Dr. Van Straaten (Frederick Valk), thinks Craig is irrational. Others support Craig, telling of a curious forewarning of death; describing a ghostly encounter at a children's Christmas party. Joan Cortland (Googie Withers) recounts the chilling events that occur when she gives her fiancé (Ralph Michael) an antique mirror. Trying to break the darkening mood, Foley contributes a light-hearted tale. But Van Straaten provides the grim case history of a disturbed ventriloquist. And everything spirals out of control as Craig's nightmare comes to fruition. DEAD OF NIGHT is a classic horror film with different directors handling different parts of the story. Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, and Basil Dearden all contribute to this wickedly fun fright night.

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
[Alberto] Cavalcanti - Director
Basil Dearden - Director
Charles Crichton - Director
Michael Redgrave
Googie Withers
Mervyn Johns
Basil Radford
Naunton Wayne
Sally Ann Howes
Roland Culver
Frederick Valk
Anthony Baird
Mary Merrall

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Special Edition)
  • Run Time: 103
  • Color Format: B&W
  • UPC: 738329236311
  • Genre: HORROR / SCI-FI / FANTASY
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Release Date: July 2019

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
DEAD OF NIGHT is a classic ghost thriller about the gathering of a group of people who have portentous dreams. The climax with Michael Redgrave as a ventriloquist is particularly suspenseful.

Notes:
DEAD OF NIGHT was released in London, England in September 1945. Four of Ealing studios' directors worked on DEAD OF NIGHT. Initially, it was planned as even more of a communal effort--Charles Frend, who made 13 films for Ealing, was unable to participate as originally planned. Basil Dearden directed the framing sequence (based on a story provided by E.F. Benson) and the Hearse Driver sequence (also based on a story by E.F. Benson); Alberto Cavalcanti directed the Christmas Party sequence (based a story by Angus Macphail) and the Ventriloquist's Dummy sequence (based on a story by John Baines); Charles Crichton directed the Golfing Story (based on a story by H. G. Wells); and Robert Hamer directed the Haunted Mirror sequence (which was based on another story by John Baines).

Reviews:
"DEAD OF NIGHT still packs a potent chill factor..." - 02/01/2005 Uncut, p.101

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