Dead of Night (1945)

The unexpected, the tragic, the comic, the romantic, the dramatic...

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

Cast (28)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Mervyn Johns

Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

Roland Culver

Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Mary Merrall

Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Googie Withers

Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")

Frederick Valk

Dr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Anthony Baird

Hugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")

Sally Ann Howes

Sally O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")

Robert Wyndham

Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")

Judy Kelly

Joyce Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")

Miles Malleson

Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")

M

Michael Allan

Jimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story")

B

Barbara Leake

Mrs. O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")

Ralph Michael

Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Esme Percy

Antiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Basil Radford

George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Naunton Wayne

Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")

P

Peggy Bryan

Mary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Allan Jeayes

Maurice Olcott (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Michael Redgrave

Maxwell Frere (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

E

Elisabeth Welch

Beulah (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Hartley Power

Sylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

M

Magda Kun

Mitzi (Magda Kun "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Garry Marsh

Harry Parker (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Renee Gadd

Mrs. Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

John McGuire

Hugo Fitch (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)

Peter Jones

Fred, Barman (Segment "Golfing Story") (Uncredited)

Paul Bonifas

French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)

Patrick Aherne

Doctor at Psychiatric Hospital (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)

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