Fear in the Night (1947 film)

Fear in the Night is a 1947 American low budget blackandwhite film noir mystery film directed by Maxwell Shane and starring Paul Kelly and DeForest Kelley in his film debut. It is based on the Cornell Woolrich story And So to Death retitled Nightmare in 1943. Woolrich is credited under pen name William Irish. The film was remade by the same director in 1956 with the title Nightmare this time starring Edward G. Robinson playing the cop and Kevin McCarthy.

A few days later, while trying to find cover from the rain, the pair finds themselves taking shelter in the strange house from Vinces dream. They discover that the police found two bodies in the house, one in the mirrored room and one run over in the driveway. Mrs. Belknap, who was run over by a car, gave the police a description matching Vince before she died.At first Vince is hopeful that he is innocent because he does not know how to drive, but he recognizes the victims from his dream. Overcome with remorse, he attempts suicide, but is rescued by Cliff. The detective uncovers clues that point to an evil hypnotist Robert Emmett Keane manipulating Vince. They realize that the hypnotist is actually Mr. Belknap in disguise and try to trap him by pretending that Vince wants hush money. ........

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