Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and finds blood marks on himself and a key from the dream, he suspects that it may have truly happened.
Acting
Kevin McCarthy's unraveling everyman desperation
Cinematography
Mirrored nightmare sequences that disorient beautifully
Director
Maxwell Shane
Edward G. Robinson
Rene Bressard
Kevin McCarthy
Stan Grayson
Connie Russell
Gina
Virginia Christine
Sue Bressard
Rhys Williams
Deputy Torrence
Gage Clarke
Belknap / Harry Britten
Marian Carr
Madge Novick
Barry Atwater
Captain Warner
Jack Chefe
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Bob Clune (Uncredited)
John Mitchum
Onlooker at Stan's Suicide Attempt (Uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a remake of Shane's own 1947 film 'Fear in the Night,' shot in just ten days on a shoestring budget.
The film rode the 1950s hypnosis panic wave, when stage hypnotism was both popular entertainment and genuine moral hysteria.
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