Dead of Night
Year:
1945
Production Country:
Great Britain
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti / Charles Crichton / Basil Dearden / Robert Hamer
Featuring Mervyn Johns / Anthony Baird / Robert Wyndham
Featuring Mervyn Johns / Anthony Baird / Robert Wyndham
A guest at a country house party realises that he has met the others in dreams, and everyone recounts their own similar experience.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Walter Craig Mervyn Johns
- Hugh Grainger Anthony Baird
- Dr Albury Robert Wyndham
- Joyce Grainger Judy Kelly
- hearse driver Miles Malleson
- Sally O'Hara Sally Ann Howes
- Jimmy Watson Michael Allan
- Joan Cortland Googie Withers
- Peter Cortland Ralph Michael
- Mr Rutherford, antique dealer Esmé Percy
- Dr Van Straaten Frederick Valk
- Maurice Olcott Allan Jeayes
- Maxwell Frere Michael Redgrave
- Beulah Elisabeth Welch
- Sylvester Kee Hartley Power
- Mitzi Magda Kun
- Harry Parker Garry Marsh
- George Parratt Basil Radford
- Larry Potter Naunton Wayne
- Mary Lee Peggy Bryan
- Eliot Foley Roland Culver
- Mrs Foley Mary Merrall
- Mrs O'Hara Barbara Leake
- Mrs Craig Renee Gadd
- [Fred the barman] Peter Jones
- [.] Barry Ford
Credits
Direction
- Directed by ['Christmas Party', 'The Ventriloquist's Dummy'] Alberto Cavalcanti
- Directed by ['Golfing Story'] Charles Crichton
- Directed by ['Hearse Driver', linking story] Basil Dearden
- Directed by ['The Haunted Mirror'] Robert Hamer
- [Assistant Director] Billy Russell
- [Assistant Director] Rowland Douglas
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] Norman Hipwell
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Claude Hudson
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] P. Potter
- [Continuity] Elaine Schreyeck
- [Continuity] Gwen Bartle
- [Assistant Continuity] M. Hamilton
Production
- © Ealing Studios
- Presents Ealing Studios
- Made and Recorded at Ealing Studios
- Produced by Michael Balcon
- Associate Producer Sidney Cole
- Associate Producer John Croydon
- Unit Manager Ronald Brantford
- Production Supervisor Hal Mason
Writing
- Screen Play John Baines
- Screen Play Angus Macphail
- Additional Dialogue by T.E.B. Clarke
- Based on Original Stories by ['Golfing Story'] H.G. Wells
- Based on Original Stories by ['The Haunted Mirror', 'The Ventriloquist's Dummy'] John Baines
- Based on Original Stories by ['Hearse Driver', linking story] E.F. Benson
- Based on Original Stories by ['Christmas Party'] Angus Macphail
Photography
- Lighting Stan Pavey
- Lighting Douglas Slocombe
- Camera Operator Jack Parker
- Camera Operator Harold Julius
- [Focus Puller] Michael Shepherd
- [Focus Puller] Gerry Turpin
- [Clapper Loader] Gerry Levy
- [Clapper Loader] John Winbolt
Stills
- [Stills] Roy Gough
Special Effects
- Special Effects Cliff Richardson
- Special Effects Lionel Banes
Editing
- Editor Charles Hasse
- [Assembly Cutter] Leslie Allen
- [Assistant Editor] Daphne Heathcote
- [Assistant Editor (2nd)] F. Thomson
- [Assistant Editor (2nd)] E. Leverett
- [Assistant Editor (2nd)] Seth Holt
Design
- Art Director Michael Relph
- [Assistant Art Director] Jim Morahan
- [Draughtsman] Heather Armitage
- [Draughtsman] Len Wills
Costumes
- Dresses Bianca Mosca
- Dresses Marion Horn
Make-up
- Make-up Tom Shenton
Music
- Music Composed by Georges Auric
- [Music] Played by London Philharmonic Orchestra
- [Music] Conducted by Ernest Irving
Sound
- Sound Supervisor Eric Williams
- Recordist Len Page
- Recordist A.E. Rudolph
- [Boom Operator] N. Boulatoff
- [Boom Operator] Tom Otter
- [Dubbing Editor] Mary Habberfield
