Dead of Night (1945)

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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.

• Released: 1945-09-09
• Genres: Horror, Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 43m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.2/10 from 312 votes

Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer.

Top cast

• Mervyn Johns as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
• Roland Culver as Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
• Mary Merrall as Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
• Googie Withers as Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")
• Frederick Valk as Dr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
• Anthony Baird as Hugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
• Sally Ann Howes as Sally O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")
• Robert Wyndham as Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")
• Judy Kelly as Joyce Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
• Miles Malleson as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Dead of Night

• United States: stream on Philo, YouTube TV, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, IndieFlix, BFI Player Amazon Channel, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Chilling; watch free on Kanopy, Fawesome, Plex, Cineverse; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel; watch free on Plex; rent on Amazon Video, BFI Player; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• India: watch free on Plex
• Canada: stream on Fandor; watch free on Plex; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: watch free on Plex

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