Dead of Night

Basil Dearden
1945-09-09

The unexpected, the tragic, the comic, the romantic, the dramatic.....
7.2
103 min

Architect Walter Craig, 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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Mervyn Johns Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story") Unowned
Roland Culver Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story") Unowned
Mary Merrall Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story") Unowned
Googie Withers Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror") Unowned
Frederick Valk Dr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") Unowned
Anthony Baird Hugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor") Unowned
Sally Ann Howes Sally O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story") Unowned
Robert Wyndham Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story") Unowned
Judy Kelly Joyce Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor") Unowned
Miles Malleson Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor") Unowned
Michael Allan Jimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story") Unowned
Barbara Leake Mrs. O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story") Unowned
Ralph Michael Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror") Unowned
Esme Percy Antiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror") Unowned
Basil Radford George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story") Unowned
Naunton Wayne Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story") Unowned
Peggy Bryan Mary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story") Unowned
Allan Jeayes Maurice Olcott (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") Unowned
Michael Redgrave Maxwell Frere (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") Unowned
Elisabeth Welch Beulah (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") Unowned
Hartley Power Sylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") Unowned
Magda Kun Mitzi (Magda Kun "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") Unowned
Garry Marsh Harry Parker (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") Unowned
Renee Gadd Mrs. Craig (Segment "Linking Story") Unowned
John McGuire Hugo Fitch (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited) Unowned
Peter Jones Fred, Barman (Segment "Golfing Story") (Uncredited) Unowned
Paul Bonifas French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited) Unowned
Patrick Aherne Doctor at Psychiatric Hospital (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited) Unowned