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Moviedrome: Dead of Night

on BBC Two England

Alex Cox introduces another in the season of outstanding cult films.

Starring Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers
Acknowledged as a masterpiece of British cinema, this five-in-one horror film with its famous ventriloquist sequence is one of the most chilling cinematic excursions into the unknown.
Architect Walter Craig goes to the home of a new client, but finds the house and its inhabitants strangely familiar. Each of the guests has a story to tell and gradually Craig realises he is trapped in a ghastly recurring nightmare.
Directors Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer Producer Michael Balcon
0 GUIDE: featuring all the films from the three 'Moviedrome' seasons is available from
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W FILMS: pages 20-25
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Contributors

Introduces:
Alex Cox
Unknown:
Michael Redgrave
Unknown:
Googie Withers
Unknown:
Walter Craig
Unknown:
Charles Crichton
Unknown:
Basil Dearden
Unknown:
Robert Hamer
Producer:
Michael Balcon
Maxwell Frere:
Michael Redgrave
Walter Craig:
Mervyn Johns
Joan Cortland:
Googie Withers
George Parratt:
Basil Radford
Larry Potter:
Naunton Wayne
Sally O'Hara Sally:
Ann Howes
Eliot Foley:
Roland Culver
Dr Van Straaten:
Frederick Valk
Hearse driver:
Miles Malleson
Beulah:
Elizabeth Welch
Mrs Foley:
Mary Merrall
Peter Cortland:
Ralph Michael
Sylvester Kee:
Hartley Power
Mrs Craig:
Renee Gadd

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