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Dead of Night

Genre
Horror
Network
Snapchat
Premiered
14 September, 2019

Dead of Night is a 1945 black and white British anthology horror film, made by Ealing Studios. The individual segments were directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer. It stars Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Sally Ann Howes and Michael Redgrave. The film is best remembered for the concluding story featuring Redgrave and a ventriloquist's malevolent dummy. Dead of Night is a rare British horror film of the 1940s; horror films were banned from production in Britain during the war. It had an influence on subsequent British films in the genre. Both of John Baines' stories were reused for later films and the possessed ventriloquist dummy episode was adapted into the pilot episode of the long-running CBS radio series Escape. While primarily in the horror genre, there are shades of the comedy that would make the studio's name.

Réalisateur Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden
Produced by Michael Balcon
Screenplay by John Baines, Angus MacPhail
Starring Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Frederick Valk, Roland Culver
Music Georges Auric
Cinematography Douglas Slocombe, Jack Parker
Edited by Charles Hasse
Production, company Ealing Studios
Distributed by Eagle-Lion Films (UK) Universal Pictures (US)
Released September 9, 1945 (United Kingdom), June 28, 1946 (edited version), July 16, 1946 (United States)
Running time 103 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

À propos de Dead of Night

Filmed from the point of view of a smartphone screen, the series centers on a teenage girl armed with only her phone who must escape from a quarantined city full of zombies.

Réalisation de Dead of Night

The premise of the Snap Original series was based on an original Hooked story. It was produced by Bazelevs in association with Hooked.

Principaux faits que vous ne saviez pas sur Dead of Night

Films directed by Robert Hamer.. Films directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.. Ventriloquism.. Films directed by Charles Crichton.. Films based on works by H. G. Wells.. Films directed by Basil Dearden.. 1940s psychological thriller films.. British ghost films.. British comedy horror films.. Films produced by Michael Balcon.. Ealing Studios films.. Films set in country houses.. Films based on multiple works.

Dernières informations sur Dead of Night mis à jour le 28 Juillet, 2021.