- Nightmare (1964 film)
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Nightmare 
Film poster for NightmareDirected by Freddie Francis Produced by Jimmy Sangster Written by Jimmy Sangster Starring David Knight
Moira Redmond
Jennie LindenMusic by Don Banks Cinematography John Wilcox Editing by James Needs Distributed by Rank (U.K.)
Universal (U.S.)Release date(s) April 19, 1964 Running time 83 mins Country United Kingdom Language English Nightmare is a 1964 horror/suspense film from Hammer Films. The film was directed by Freddie Francis and written by Hammer Films regular Jimmy Sangster. The British Film Institute has the only 35mm print in the UK.
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Plot
The film's protagonist, Janet, is a young student attending boarding school. After a number of nightmares concerning her mother, whom she saw kill her father when she was young, the girl is sent home to her guardian, Attorney Henry Baxter. At home, she is assigned a nurse. Janet begins having more nightmares this time concerning an unknown woman with a scar and a birthday cake. The dreams get worse and worse. Finally, her guardian brings home his wife, whom Janet has never met. Janet is introduced to the woman at her birthday celebration. The cake and woman from her dreams with the scar appearing at once is enough to make Janet snap. She kills the woman by stabbing her - the same way her mother killed her father. Janet is committed. Meanwhile, her guardian Henry and the nurse, who was disguised to look like the woman with a scar to drive Janet mad, celebrate the loss of Janet. However, the two do not go unpunished.
Cast
- David Knight as Henry Baxter
- Moira Redmond as Grace Maddox
- Jennie Linden as Janet
- Brenda Bruce as Mary Lewis
- George A. Cooper as John
- Clytie Jessop as Woman in White
- Irene Richmond as Mrs. Gibbs
- John Welsh as Doctor
- Timothy Bateson as Barman
- Jennie Linden was an 11th hour casting choice replacing Julie Christie who dropped out to do the film Darling.
- This was final film performance of American actor David Knight who subsequently focused on theatre work.
Credits
- Directed by Freddie Francis
- Written and produced by Jimmy Sangster
- Music by Don Banks
- Musical supervisor: John Hollingsworth
- Director of photography: John Wilcox
- Production design by Bernard Robinson
- Supervising editor: James Needs
- Make-up by Roy Ashton
External links
- Nightmare at the Internet Movie Database
- Nightmare at AllRovi
Hammer thrillers Taste of Fear (1961) • Paranoiac (1963) • Nightmare (1964) • The Nanny (1965)Films directed by Freddie Francis 1960s Two and Two Make Six (1962) · The Brain (1962) · Paranoiac (1963) · Nightmare (1964) · The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) · Traitor's Gate (1964) · Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) · Hysteria (1965) · The Skull (1965) · The Psychopath (1966) · The Deadly Bees (1967) · They Came From Beyond Space (1967) · Torture Garden (1967) · Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)1970s Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly (1970) · Trog (1970) · The Vampire Happening (1971) · Tales from the Crypt (1972) · The Creeping Flesh (1973) · Tales That Witness Madness (1973) · Son of Dracula (1974) · Craze (1974) · Legend of the Werewolf (1975) · The Ghoul (1975)1980s The Doctor and the Devils (1985) · Dark Tower (1987)Categories:- British films
- 1964 films
- 1960s thriller films
- Hammer Film Productions films
- Mystery films
- Psychological thriller films
- Films directed by Freddie Francis
- Hammer Film Productions horror films
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