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.
| Director | 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 |
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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.
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