Monday, September 28, 2015

Dead of Night (1945)


DEAD OF NIGHT  (1945)  
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    D: Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden, 
    Robert Hamer, Charles Crichton
    C: Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Antony Baird,
    Judy Kelly, Googie Withers, Sally Ann Howes,
    Michael Redgrave, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne
A stranger shows up at an English country house and joins a group of people trading strange stories about dreams they've had and wondering if the dreams could be a warning about some terrible event to come. The stories involve a hearse and a streetcar, a game of hide-and-seek, a mirror and a game of golf. The last one, featuring Michael Redgrave and a ventriloquist's dummy, is the creepiest. Not a bad choice for a dark and stormy night.