The Night Walker (film)

The Night Walker 1964 is a blackandwhite psychological suspense thriller by genre specialist William Castle, with a screenplay by Robert Bloch, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Hayden Rorke, Judi Meredith, Rochelle Hudson, and Lloyd Bochner as The Dream. The film was one of the last black and white theatrical features released by Universal Pictures, and Stanwycks last motion picture.

Irene thus lives in a constant state of dread, wondering how far Howards jealousy will go. Yet despite Howards continual accusations of infidelity, Irene remains faithful to Howard, despite nightly recurrent dreams of a fantasy lover and an attraction to Howards personal attorney, Barry Moreland Taylor, the only visitor allowed in the house. Howard spends most of his time working in his laboratory on a variety of projects, the nature of which he refuses to divulge to anyone. As tensions mount, Irene feels trapped in a loveless, lonely relationship. But suddenly, everything changes Howard is killed by an explosion in his laboratory, and Irene inherits the house and Howards entire fortune.The laboratory itself, a charred wreck, is secured from the rest of the house by a deadbolt so that no one may enter. Irene, after consulting with Barry Moreland, decides to move out of the house, into the back room apartment of a small beauty shop she owns, Irenes, which she operated before she met and married Howard. Almost immediately, the dreams begin again, with increasing intensity, until they take the form of an ideal manknown only as The Dream Bochner. ........

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