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An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
- 7.2
- 1945
- Released
- 1h 43m
Mervyn Johns
Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
Roland Culver
Eliot Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
Mary Merrall
Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
Googie Withers
Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")
Frederick Valk
Dr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Anthony Baird
Hugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
Sally Ann Howes
Sally O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")
Robert Wyndham
Dr. Albury (Segment "The Christmas Story")
Judy Kelly
Joyce Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
Miles Malleson
Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
Michael Allan
Jimmy Watson (Segment "The Christmas Story")Barbara Leake
Mrs. O'Hara (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Christmas Story")
Ralph Michael
Peter Cortland (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")
Esme Percy
Antiques Dealer (Segment "The Haunted Mirror")
Basil Radford
George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Naunton Wayne
Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")Peggy Bryan
Mary Lee (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Allan Jeayes
Maurice Olcott (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Michael Redgrave
Maxwell Frere (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")Elisabeth Welch
Beulah (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Hartley Power
Sylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")Magda Kun
Mitzi (Magda Kun "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Garry Marsh
Harry Parker (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Renee Gadd
Mrs. Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
John McGuire
Hugo Fitch (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
Peter Jones
Fred, Barman (Segment "Golfing Story") (Uncredited)
Paul Bonifas
French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
Patrick Aherne
Doctor at Psychiatric Hospital (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
Released
en
- #dreams
- #nightmare
- #insanity
- #anthology
- #ventriloquist
- #evil doll
- #black and white
- #ventriloquist's dummy
- #recurring dream
Reviews
Ever since I was a small child I have loathed ventriloquist's dummies. They put the fear of death into me - and I am fairly certain that seeing this film in the 1970s is to blame. It's a compendium of four stories told by guests at a farmhouse, and is all kicked off by Mervyn Johns ("Craig") who has a recurring - and rather menacing - dream that predicts doom and gloom. Before he can finish his st
A weekend in the country? I should go. Architect Walter Craig arrives at Pilgrim's Farm for a weekend party held by what he hopes is a prospective client. Upon entering the farm house, Walter amazes everyone by telling them that he has a recurring nightmare about the house, the weekend and everyone in it. This sets off talk about the supernatural and each guest takes it in turn to recount their