The Night Comes Too Soon

The Night Comes Too Soon (1948)

A story of razor-edge suspense!

When ghosts inhabit an Englishwoman's home, Dyall, a ghost hunter of sorts, takes on the poltergeists. Developments reveal a trio of spirits that includes a sailor, the seaman's late wife, and her lover, whom the sailor had shot.

Date of release
1948-05-24
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (9)
Runtime
52m
Genres
Horror
Director
Denis Kavanagh

Casting

Interesting facts

Night Comes Too Soon is a 1948 British second feature ('B') horror film directed by Denis Kavanagh and starring Valentine Dyall, Anne Howard and Alec Faversham. It was written by Pat Dixon based on the 1859 story The Haunters and the Haunted by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and also incorporates the "changing picture" component from The Mezzotint by M. R. James.

Production

It was shot at a manor house near Mill Hill, part of a trend of renting country houses rather than studio space by low-budget producers after the Second World War.

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