Nightmare (1956 film)
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Director Maxwell Shane Screenplay Maxwell Shane Duration Language English | 6.4/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir Story by Cornell Woolrich Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 11, 1956 (1956-05-11) (United States) Based on the novel
by Cornell Woolrich Writer Cornell Woolrich (novel), Maxwell Shane (written for the screen by) Cast Edward G. Robinson (Rene Bressard), Kevin McCarthy (Stan Grayson), Connie Russell (Gina - Stan's Girl), Virginia Christine (Mrs. Sue Bressard), Rhys Williams (Deputy Torrence), Gage Clarke (Belknap / Harry Britten)Similar movies The Curse of the Jade Scorpion , The Testament of Dr. Mabuse , Whirlpool , Let's Do It Again , Belphégor , The Power of Hypnosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nightmare rare hammer horror b w 1964 full movie
Nightmare is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Maxwell Shane starring Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy and Connie Russell.
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- Nightmare rare hammer horror b w 1964 full movie
- Herschel burke gilbert music from nightmare 1956
- Plot
- Cast
- Background
- References
The story is based on a novel by William Irish (aka Cornell Woolrich). The book also became a 1947 film, Fear in the Night.
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Plot
New Orleans big band clarinetist Stan Grayson (Kevin McCarthy) has a nightmare in which he sees himself in a mirrored room, killing a man. He awakens to find blood on himself, bruises on his neck, and a key from the dream in his hand.
Grayson goes to his brother-in-law, police detective Rene Bressard (Edward G. Robinson), about the problem but is dismissed. Later, the two men go on a picnic in the country with Grayson's girlfriend and sister. Grayson leads them to an empty house, the house of his dream, when it begins to rain. They are shocked to see that the house has a mirrored room just like in his dream. After it is found out that a murder did indeed take place, Grayson becomes Bressard's number one suspect.
Grayson, stressed out and suicidal, protests his innocence, which makes Bressard dig deeper. That leads to them finding out about a hypnotist in Grayson's building who apparently set up the musician for murder.
Cast
Background
Nightmare was directed by longtime screenwriter Maxwell Shane, later the producer of the horror anthology television series Thriller in the early 1960s. He directed both versions of the film. Billy May and His Orchestra perform in this version.
Even though Robinson was not the hypnotist in the film, he was promoted as such in the film's movie posters.
References
Nightmare (1956 film) WikipediaNightmare (1956 film) IMDbNightmare (1956 film) themoviedb.org