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Nightmare( 1956)

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Beware! These are the eyes of a hypnotist!

Overview

Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and finds blood marks on himself and a key from the dream, he suspects that it may have truly happened.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Edward G. Robinson

      Rene Bressard

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      Kevin McCarthy

      Stan Grayson

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      Connie Russell

      Gina

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      Virginia Christine

      Sue Bressard

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      Rhys Williams

      Deputy Torrence

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      Gage Clarke

      Belknap / Harry Britten

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      Marian Carr

      Madge Novick

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      Barry Atwater

      Captain Warner

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      Meade 'Lux' Lewis

      Meade

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      Ralph Brooks

      Oscar (Uncredited)

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      Jack Chefe

      Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

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      Sol Gorss

      Bob Clune (Uncredited)

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      John Mitchum

      Onlooker at Stan's Suicide Attempt (Uncredited)

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      Cosmo Sardo

      Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Mon Feb 10 2014
    Stan Grayson is in a Jazz Funk. Maxwell Shane remakes his own 1947 film Fear in the Night but with a better known cast and more money. Adapted from Cornell Woolrich's novel, story has Stan Grayson (Kevin McCarthy) as a New Orleans clarinetist who dreams he has committed a murder in a heavily mirrored room. Upon waking he finds clues that suggest he actually may have killed a man and frantically turns to his police detective brother-in-law, Rene Bressard (Edward G. Robinson), for help. But it doesn't look good for Stan... Fear in the Night is a good film, and so is this, but if you have ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • nightmare
    • hypnosis
    • film noir
    • murder