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Dead of Night(1945)
Status: Released
Date: 1945-09-09
72%
282 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
The unexpected, the tragic, the comic, the romantic, the dramatic...
Overview:
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.
Languages: French, English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Dead of Night
Top 10 Billed Cast
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")
Video Trailer Dead of Night
Video: Dead of Night 1945 Trailer
Dead of Night 1945 Trailer
Dead of Night - Maxwell and Hugo
Dead of Night' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times
Remembering Dead of Night - Feature-length Documentary
STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS: THE PODCAST - Episode 9 - Dead of Night and The Queen of Spades
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Dead of Night 1945 Trailer - Trailer
Dead of Night - Maxwell and Hugo - Clip
Dead of Night' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times - Featurette
Remembering Dead of Night - Feature-length Documentary - Featurette
STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS: THE PODCAST - Episode 9 - Dead of Night and The Queen of Spades - Featurette
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