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Director
  
Tim Whelan

Story by
  
Philip MacDonald

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Genre
  
Crime, Mystery

Production
  
Universal Studios

Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
November 13, 1942 (1942-11-13)

Writer
  
Dwight Taylor (screenplay), Philip MacDonald (based on a story by)

Cast
  
Diana Barry
,
Brian Donlevy
,
Henry Daniell

Similar movies
  
Diana Barry appears in Nightmare and Eagle Squadron, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943), Midnight Lace (1960), Night Monster (1942), Mr Motos Last Warning (1939)

Nightmare is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by Tim Whelan starring Diana Barrymore, Brian Donlevy and Henry Daniell. The film was based on a novel of the same name by Philip MacDonald.

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Plot

Leslie Stafford (Diana Barrymore) is a secretary who seeks the help of a home invader, Daniel Shane (Brian Donlevy), to dispose of the body of her murdered husband in wartime London.

Cast

  • Diana Barrymore as Leslie Stafford a.k.a. Butch
  • Brian Donlevy as Daniel Shane
  • Henry Daniell as Capt. Stafford
  • Eustace Wyatt as Angus - Innkeeper
  • Arthur Shields as Sergeant
  • Gavin Muir as J.B. Abbington
  • Stanley Logan as Inspector Robbins
  • Ian Wolfe as James - Abbington's Butler
  • Hans Conried as Hans - Nazi Agent
  • John Abbott as Karl a.k.a. Charles
  • David Clyde as Jock
  • Elspeth Dudgeon as Angus' Wife
  • Harold De Becker as Jeff Hawkins - London Cabby
  • Ivan F. Simpson as Arnold - Money Changer
  • Keith Hitchcock as London Bobby

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