Dead of Night

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.

Discover

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")

Michael Allan

Jimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story")

Barbara Leake

Mrs. O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")

Ralph Michael

Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Esme Percy

Antiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

Basil Radford

George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Naunton Wayne

Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Peggy Bryan

Mary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Allan Jeayes

Maurice Olcott (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Michael Redgrave

Maxwell Frere (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Elisabeth Welch

Beulah (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Hartley Power

Sylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Magda Kun

Mitzi (Magda Kun "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Garry Marsh

Harry Parker (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

Renee Gadd

Mrs. Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

John McGuire

Hugo Fitch (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)

Peter Jones

Fred, Barman (Segment "Golfing Story") (Uncredited)

Paul Bonifas

French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)

Patrick Aherne

Doctor at Psychiatric Hospital (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)

Art

Michael Relph

Art Direction

Heather Armitage

Draughtsman

Tony Rimmington

Draughtsman

Henry Moore

Painter

Len Wills

Draughtsman

Jim Morahan

Assistant Art Director

Camera

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

Roy Gough

Still Photographer

Jack Parker

Camera Operator

John Winbolt

Clapper Loader

Maurice Selwyn

Clapper Loader

H. Julius

Camera Operator

George Levy

Clapper Loader

Michael Shepherd

Focus Puller

Gerry Turpin

Focus Puller

Stanley Pavey

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Marion Horn

Costume Design

Bianca Mosca

Costume Design

Tom Shenton

Makeup Artist

Crew

T. E. B. Clarke

Additional Dialogue

Lionel Banes

Special Effects

Cliff Richardson

Special Effects

Directing

Robert Hamer

Director

Basil Dearden

Director

Norman Hipwell

Second Assistant Director

Rowland Douglas

Assistant Director

Billy Russell

Assistant Director

Daphne Heathcote

Continuity

M. Hamilton

Continuity

Gwen Bartle

Continuity

Claude Hudson

Third Assistant Director

P. Potter

Third Assistant Director

Elaine Schreyeck

Continuity

Editing

F. Thomson

Assistant Editor

Seth Holt

Assistant Editor

Daphne Heathcote

Assistant Editor

E. Leverett

Assistant Editor

Production

Michael Balcon

Producer

John Croydon

Associate Producer

Sidney Cole

Associate Producer

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

Ronald Brantford

Unit Manager

Sound

Georges Auric

Original Music Composer

Bruce Campbell

Music Arranger

A.E. Rudolph

Sound Recordist

Len Page

Sound Recordist

Ernest Irving

Conductor

Tom Otter

Boom Operator

Nikolai Boulatoff

Boom Operator

Eric Williams

Sound Supervisor

Mary Habberfield

Sound Editor

Writing

John Baines

Screenplay

H.G. Wells

Original Story

Angus MacPhail

Screenplay

E.F. Benson

Original Story

John Baines

Original Story

Angus MacPhail

Original Story