Dead of Night (Original title)
Dates: 1945 (Copyright), 15 October 1945 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected 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
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
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.
Dates: 1945 (Copyright), 15 October 1945 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected 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
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(20)
In: StarBurst n347 March 2007 Pages: 66-67Title: 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 cinemaAuthor: 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.