Plots(1)
Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) arrives at country house Pilgrim Farm thinking that he has been hired to remodel it. He finds the building strangely familiar, and upon entering discovers that he recognizes all of the house's occupants from a recurring nightmare he has experienced. One by one, everyone present relates their own horrific nightmare: Grainger (Anthony Baird) dreams that he is a racing driver recuperating from an accident; teenager Sally O'Hara (Sally Ann Howes) dreams of a Christmas party where she discovers a lone crying child; Joan Courtland (Googie Withers) relates a story of an antique mirror linked to an ancient murder; the next story concerns two golfers who vie murderously for the attention of a young lady; and the final, unforgettable tale features a ventriloquist (Michael Redgrave) whose dummy has a life of its own. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Mervyn Johns
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
Never Let Go (1960)
Moby Dick (1956)
Roland Culver
UK
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
Thunderball (1965)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Mary Merrall
UK
Best movies:
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
Googie Withers
Best movies:
Shine (1996)
Night and the City (1950)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Frederick Valk
German Empire
Best movies:
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
The Magic Box (1951)
The Colditz Story (1955)
Michael Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
The Browning Version (1951)
Elisabeth Welch
USA
Best movies:
Our Man in Havana (1959)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Dead of Night (1945)
Hartley Power
USA
Best movies:
Roman Holiday (1953)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Dead of Night (1945)
Sally Ann Howes
UK
Best movies:
Anna Karenina (1948)
Dead of Night (1945)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Garry Marsh
UK
Best movies:
The Magic Box (1951)
Dead of Night (1945)
Number Seventeen (1932)
Peter Jones
UK
Best movies:
The Browning Version (1951)
Never Let Go (1960)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Naunton Wayne
UK
Best movies:
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Dead of Night (1945)
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
Paul Bonifas
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Charade (1963)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Basil Radford
UK
Best movies:
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Young and Innocent (1937)
Dead of Night (1945)
Miles Malleson
UK
Best movies:
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Ralph Michael
UK
Best movies:
Grand Prix (1966)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Anthony Baird
UK
Best movies:
Cheetah (1989)
The Ipcress File (1965)
Dead of Night (1945)
Barbara Leake
UK
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Murder She Said (1961)
Dead of Night (1945)
Allan Jeayes
UK
Best movies:
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
The Four Feathers (1939)
Elephant Boy (1937)
Esme Percy
UK
Best movies:
Pygmalion (1938)
Murder! (1930)
Dead of Night (1945)