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Dead of Night (Original title)
Dates: 1945 (Copyright), 15 October 1945 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by ['Christmas Party', 'The Ventriloquist's Dummy']: Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer

Synopsis: A guest at a country house party realises that he has met the others in dreams, and everyone recounts their own similar experience.

Genres:
Horror, Fantasy, Anthology

Subjects:
Dreams, Ventriloquism, Christmas, Golf, Hearses, Mirrors
Releases
Date: 04 September 1945Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 104 mins Length: 9401 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Eagle-Lion Distributors
Date: 14 June 1946Country: Federal Republic of GermanyRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundLanguage: German
Date: 1949Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 94 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Gaumont British Distributors
Date: 01 January 2005Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 104 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFI Distribution
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 99 mins 8 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (60)
©: Ealing Studios, Presents: Ealing Studios, Made and Recorded at: Ealing Studios, Produced by: Michael Balcon, Associate Producer: Sidney Cole, Associate Producer: John Croydon, Unit Manager: Ronald Brantford, Production Supervisor: Hal Mason, [Assistant Director]: Billy Russell, Rowland Douglas, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Norman Hipwell, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Claude Hudson, P. Potter, [Continuity]: Elaine Schreyeck, Gwen Bartle, [Assistant Continuity]: M. Hamilton, Screen Play: John Baines, Angus MacPhail, Additional Dialogue by: T.E.B. Clarke, Based on Original Stories by ['Golfing Story']: H.G. Wells, Based on Original Stories by ['The Haunted Mirror', 'The Ventriloquist's Dummy']: John Baines, Based on Original Stories by ['Hearse Driver', linking story]: E.F. Benson, Based on Original Stories by ['Christmas Party']: Angus MacPhail, Lighting: Stan Pavey, Douglas Slocombe, Camera Operator: Jack Parker, Camera Operator: H. Julius, [Focus Puller]: Michael Shepherd, Gerry Turpin, [Clapper Loader]: Gerry Levy, John Winbolt, [Stills]: Roy Gough, Special Effects: C. Richardson, Special Effects: L. Banes, Editor: Charles Hasse, [Assembly Cutter]: Leslie Allen, [Assistant Editor]: Daphne Heathcote, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: F. Thomson, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: E. Leverett, Seth Holt, Art Director: Michael Relph, [Assistant Art Director]: Jim Morahan, [Draughtsman]: Heather Armitage, Len Wills, Dresses: Bianca Mosca, Marion Horn, Make-up: Tom Shenton, Music Composed by: Georges Auric, [Music] Played by: The London Philharmonic Orchestra, [Music] Conducted by: Ernest Irving, Sound Supervisor: Eric Williams, Recordist: Len Page, A.E. Rudolph, [Boom Operator]: N. Boulatoff, Tom Otter, [Dubbing Editor]: Mary Habberfield
Cast (26)
Mervyn Johns (Walter Craig), Anthony Baird (Hugh Grainger), Robert Wyndham (Dr Albury), Judy Kelly (Joyce Grainger), Miles Malleson (hearse driver), Sally Ann Howes (Sally O'Hara), Michael Allan (Jimmy Watson), Googie Withers (Joan Cortland), Ralph Michael (Peter Cortland), Esmé Percy (Mr Rutherford, antique dealer), Frederick Valk (Dr Van Straaten), Allan Jeayes (Maurice Olcott), Michael Redgrave (Maxwell Frere), Elisabeth Welch (Beulah), Hartley Power (Sylvester Kee), Magda Kun (Mitzi), Garry Marsh (Harry Parker), Basil Radford (George Parratt), Naunton Wayne (Larry Potter), Peggy Bryan (Mary Lee), Roland Culver (Eliot Foley), Mary Merrall (Mrs Foley), Barbara Leake (Mrs O'Hara), Renée Gadd (Mrs Craig), Peter Jones ([Fred the barman]), Barry Ford ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (20)
In: StarBurst n347 March 2007  Pages: 66-67
Title: Top 10 Living Dolls!Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Brief descriptions of clockwork puppets and dolls from MAY, DOCTOR WHO, PUPPET MASTER, MAGIC, DEAD OF NIGHT, ANGEL, SAW, DEAD SILENCE and CHILD'S PLAY.

In: Empire n188 February 2005  Page: 32
Title: Now Showing: Dead Of NightAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: National Film Theatre Programmes January 2005  Page: 20
Title: [National Film Theatre Programmes - January 2005: no known title]Language: English
Description: Extended Run at the NFT Jan 1-20

In: Empire n122 August 1999  Page: 144
Title: Videos to buyAuthor: DP Article type: Video ReviewLanguage: English

In: Cinefantastique v20 n3 January 1990  Pages: 36-38
Title: After Midnight: scripters Jim and Ken Wheat, inspired by...Author: SZEBIN, Frederick C. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Ken and Jim Wheat discuss the making of the film AFTER MIDNIGHT inspired by DEAD OF NIGHT.

In: Cinefantastique v20 n3 January 1990  Page: 39
Title: Horror archetype: Dead of NightAuthor: SZEBIN, Frederick C. Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Écran Fantastique n72 September 1986  Page: 7
Title: [ L'Écran Fantastique - n72 September 1986: no known title]Language: French

In: Classic Images n112 October 1984  Page: 33
Title: [Classic Images - n112 October 1984: no known title]Language: English

In: Écran Fantastique n2 Mar/Apr 1978  Pages: 78-82
Title: [ L'Écran Fantastique - n2 Mar/Apr 1978: no known title]Language: French

In: Classic Film Collector n42 Spring 1974  Page: Spring 31 & 33
Title: [Classic Film Collector - n42 Spring 1974: no known title]Language: English

In: Amateur Cine World v4 n20 15 Nov 1962  Page: 740
Title: [Amateur Cine World - v4 n20 15 Nov 1962: no known title]Language: English
Description: See prog. note.

In: Téléciné n98 Aug-Oct 1961
Title: [Téléciné - n98 Aug-Oct 1961: no known title]Language: French

In: Kinematograph Weekly n2224 15 Dec 1949  Page: 184
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2224 15 Dec 1949: no known title]Language: English

In: Sight and Sound Supplement n14 March 1948  Page: 20
Title: [Sight and Sound Supplement - n14 March 1948: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits in an index on blacks in films 1905-1948.

In: Motion Picture Herald v164 n1 6 Jul 1946  Pages: 3077-3078
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v164 n1 6 Jul 1946: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: La Revue du Cinéma v1 n1 1 Oct 1946  Page: 61
Title: [La Revue du Cinéma - v1 n1 1 Oct 1946: no known title]Language: French

In: Documentary News Letter v6 n51 1946  Page: 10
Title: [Documentary News Letter - v6 n51 1946: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Today's Cinema v65 n5235 5 Sep 1945  Pages: 10-11
Title: [Today's Cinema - v65 n5235 5 Sep 1945: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Kinematograph Weekly n2003 6 Sep 1945
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2003 6 Sep 1945: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v12 n141 September 1945  Page: 105
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v12 n141 September 1945: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (3)
Title: Omnibus films: theorizing transauthorial cinema
Author: DIFFRIENT, David Scott  Pages: ix, 276 pages

Title: Dead of Night
Author: CONOLLY, Jez  Pages: 119 pages

Title: Ghost images: cinema of the afterlife
Author: RUFFLES, Tom  Pages: x, 269 p.


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(28)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 785 FeetStock date: 1988BFI identifier: C-630444
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9263 FeetBFI identifier: C-649758
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9266 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-1221530
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9268 FeetStock date: 1992BFI identifier: C-1520938
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Video materials(4)
Description: Umatic Low BandBFI identifier: C-516736
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Description: Umatic Low BandLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-539498
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 98.54 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1360620
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Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-233866
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: MixedSound: CombinedLength: 9138 FeetStock date: 1950Stock date: 1950Stock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-39771
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 9274 FeetStock date: 1995BFI identifier: C-1359765
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 879 FeetBFI identifier: C-629058
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 785 FeetStock date: 1988BFI identifier: C-630444
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9263 FeetBFI identifier: C-649758
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9266 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-1221530
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9268 FeetStock date: 1992BFI identifier: C-1520938
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedStock date: 1945BFI identifier: C-39773
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 9276 FeetStock date: 1981Stock date: 1982BFI identifier: C-39766
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9279 FeetStock date: 1981BFI identifier: C-39767
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 822 FeetStock date: 1966BFI identifier: C-39768
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Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9270 FeetStock date: 1945BFI identifier: C-39772
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