---
title: 'Dead of Night (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Hamer'
released: '1945-09-09'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dead-of-night-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037635/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dead of Night (1945)

1945 · 103 min · Horror · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Dead of Night is a 1945 British supernatural horror anthology film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer. It stars Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Sally Ann Howes, and Michael Redgrave. Produced by Ealing Studios, the film features five segments within a frame narrative in which a group of guests assembled at a country manor recount stories of their own encounters with the supernatural. It is best remembered for the concluding story featuring Redgrave as an insane ventriloquist with a malevolent dummy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Hamer](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-hamer), [Charles Crichton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-crichton), [Alberto Cavalcanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-cavalcanti), [Basil Dearden](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-dearden)
- **Screenplay:** [T. E. B. Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/t-e-b-clarke), [John Baines](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-baines-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Auric](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-auric)
- **Producer:** [Michael Balcon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-balcon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Slocombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-slocombe)
- **Editor:** [Charles Hasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-hasse)

## Cast

- [Roland Culver](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-culver)
- [Frederick Valk](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-valk)
- [Sally Ann Howes](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-ann-howes)
- [Naunton Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/naunton-wayne)
- [Mervyn Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-johns)
- [Michael Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-redgrave)
- [Basil Radford](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-radford)
- [Googie Withers](https://cinepixo.com/people/googie-withers)

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