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55% Critic Match
Fear in the Night
“Nightmare of Murder...or Dream...or Reality”
5.5 / 10• 1947• 1h 12m•NR• English
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller
Storyline
The dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson finds himself murdering a man in a sinister octagonal-shaped room lined with mirrors while a mysterious woman breaks into a safe. It is so vivid that Vince suspects it may have really happened. To get the dream off his mind, he goes on a picnic with some relatives. When a thunderstorm forces his party into a nearby mansion, Vince discovers that the bizarre room does exist, and it means nothing but trouble.
Cast & Crew
Paul Kelly
Cliff Herlihy
Lead
DeForest Kelley
Vince Grayson
Ann Doran
Lil Herlihy
Kay Scott
Betty Winters
Charles Victor
Captain Warner
Robert Emmett Keane
Lewis Belknap, aka Harry Byrd
Jeff York
Deputy Torrence (as Jeff Yorke)
Gladys Blake
Bank Clerk (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Maxwell Shane's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Fear in the Night is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
