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Dead of Night

Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti

HorrorThriller

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.

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Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")

Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")

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Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

T. E. B. Clarke

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Director of Photography

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Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")

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George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")

Mary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story")

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

Michael Redgrave

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

Elisabeth Welch

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What is Dead of Night about?

Dead of Night is about 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.

Who directed Dead of Night?

Alberto Cavalcanti directed Dead of Night.

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