Fear in the Night

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Fear in the Night (1947)

NR 04/10/1947 (US) Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller 1h 12m

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Nightmare of Murder...or Dream...or Reality

Overview

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.

Maxwell Shane

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Paul Kelly

Cliff Herlihy
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)
Julia Faye

Rental Home Owner (uncredited)
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A review by John Chard

70%

Written by John Chard on January 7, 2020

Then I saw the room, a queer mirrored room.

Fear in the Night is directed by Maxwell Shane who also adapts from Cornell Woolrich's (AKA: William Irish) story titled "Nightmare". It stars Paul Kelly, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran, Kay Scott & Robert Emmett Keane. Music is by Rudy Schrager and photography by Jack Greenhalgh. Plot finds bank teller Vince Grayson (Kelley) awoken from a nightmare where he kills a man in a mirrored room. Disorientated and sweaty, Grayson is further startled to find bruises on his neck and items about him that suggest that his nightmare was real. After confiding abou... read the rest.

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