The Fatal Night
1948 film
- Michael Arlen
- Gerald Butler
- Kathleen Connors
- Lester Ferguson
- Jean Short
- Leslie Armstrong
Production
companies
companies
- Anglo Films
- Veneficus Films
Release date
- 11 July 1948 (1948-07-11)
Running time
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
- The Fatal Night at IMDb
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Films directed by Mario Zampi
- 13 Men and a Gun (1938)
- Spy for a Day (1940)
- The Phantom Shot (1947)
- The Fatal Night (1948)
- Come Dance with Me (1950)
- Shadow of the Past (1950)
- Laughter in Paradise (1951)
- Top Secret (1952)
- I Chose Love (1953)
- Happy Ever After (1954)
- Now and Forever (1956)
- The Naked Truth (1957)
- Too Many Crooks (1959)
- Bottoms Up (1960)
- Five Golden Hours (1961)
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