Monday, September 28, 2015
Dead of Night (1945)
DEAD OF NIGHT (1945) ¢ ¢ ¢
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.