Night Without Sleep

Night Without Sleep
Directed by	Roy Ward Baker
Starring	Linda Darnell
Release date(s)	February 16, 1953
Running time	77 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Night Without Sleep is a 1952 mystery film directed by Roy Ward Baker.

Plot

A composer, Richard Morton experiences blackouts and cannot account for his actions. He seems to recall a woman's screams and a conversation with his wife, Emily, but it's all a blur.

Morton goes to see his friend John Harkness and is introduced to a film actress, Julie Bannon, and is attracted to her. He also apparently has made a date with Lisa Muller, who is angry when Morton shows up two hours late. He loses his temper and threatens her.

Julie goes out with Morton and attempts to seduce him, but something in him resists. He returns to Lisa and begins to menace her again, only to suffer another blackout. When he wakes up, Morton is in his own home by himself and isn't sure where he has been or what he has done.

He phones Lisa and learns she is all right. Concerned, he contacts Julie as well, but she also has not been harmed. Morton is glad that his violent temper did not cause him to lose control and that the woman's screams are all in his mind, until he goes to his own bedroom for the night and finds his wife there, dead.

Cast

• Gary Merrill as Richard Morton
• Linda Darnell as Julie Bannon
• Hildegarde Neff as Lisa Muller
• June Vincent as Emily Morton
• Hugh Beaumont as John Harkness

External links

• Night Without Sleep at the Internet Movie Database