The Fatal Night
Appearance
The Fatal Night | |
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Directed by | Mario Zampi |
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Produced by | Mario Zampi |
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Cinematography | Cedric Williams |
Edited by | Giulio Zampi |
Music by | Stanley Black |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Fatal Night is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Lester Ferguson, Jean Short and Leslie Armstrong.[1] It is based Michael Arlen's 1925 short story The Gentleman from America, which tells the story of an American visitor in London who makes a bet with two Englishmen to see if he can spend a night alone in a "haunted" room. The story was adapted for the screen by British crime novelist Gerald Butler. The same story, under its original title, was adapted in 1956 as an episode of the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Cast
- Lester Ferguson as Puce
- Jean Short as Geraldine
- Leslie Armstron as Cyril
- Brenda Hogan as Julia
- Patrick Macnee as Tony
- Aubrey Mallalieu as Yokel
References
- ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.34
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
Categories:
- 1948 films
- British thriller films
- 1940s thriller films
- Films set in London
- Films directed by Mario Zampi
- British black-and-white films
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s British films
- English-language thriller films
- Films scored by Stanley Black
- Films with screenplays by Gerald Butler
- 1940s British film stubs
- 1940s thriller film stubs