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Dead of Night (1945) More at IMDbPro »

This horror anthology has six stories, including one that links the other five together. They are:

The linking narrative. Original story by E.F. Benson. Directed by Basil Dearden.

"Hearse Driver." Original story by E.F. Benson. Directed by Basil Dearden.

"Christmas Party." Original story by Angus MacPhail. Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.

"The Haunted Mirror." Original story by John Baines. Directed by Robert Hamer.

"Golfing Story." Original story by H.G. Wells. Directed by Charles Crichton.

"The Ventriloquist's Dummy." Original story by John Baines. Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.

Shadow Play (1961). A man on death row tries to convince those around him that they are characters in his recurring dream. In this film's linking story, an architect meets a group of strangers at a farmhouse and tells them he's dreamed of this meeting many times before.

Twenty Two (1961). A hospital patient has a recurring dream of a woman at the morgue saying, "Room for one more, honey." In "Hearse Driver," the title character tells a race car driver laid up in hospital, "Room for one more."

The Dummy (1962), Caesar and Me (1964) and this film's "Ventriloquist's Dummy" all feature a dummy with a mind of his own.

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