PlotNest
US
Poster for Dead of Night

Movie

Dead of Night

The unexpected, the tragic, the comic, the romantic, the dramatic...

1945 · NR · 1h 43m

Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton and Basil Dearden

7.2

TMDB audience score
316 votes, out of 10

Trailer Where to watch

Synopsis

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.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

Subscription

  • Philo
  • YouTube TV
  • Fandor
  • Fandor Amazon Channel
  • Screambox Amazon Channel
  • IndieFlix
  • BFI Player Amazon Channel
  • IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel
  • Chilling

Free

  • Kanopy
  • Fawesome

Free with ads

  • Plex
  • Cineverse

Rent

  • Amazon Video
  • Apple TV Store
  • Google Play Movies
  • YouTube
  • Fandango At Home

Buy

  • Amazon Video
  • Apple TV Store
  • Google Play Movies
  • YouTube
  • Fandango At Home

All options on TMDB

Where-to-watch data is provided by JustWatch through TMDB. It differs by country and changes over time, so confirm with the service before paying. PlotNest does not host or stream anything.

Find more stories like this Story Finder opens with the same format, genre and decade, so you can add a mood or a minimum score.

Trailer

Play trailer: Dead of Night 1945 Trailer

The preview image comes from YouTube. The player loads only after you press play.

Cast

  • 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")