FEAR IN THE NIGHT-1947-Poor Vince Grayson (Deforest Kelley in his first feature film) is having weird nightmares that he killed a man. He finds several odd things (a key, a button, blood) that lead him to believe it might be true. His brother in law Cliff (Paul Kelly) tells him to forget about it. He's more concerned about his pregnant wife Lil (Ann Doran), Vince's sister. After they go to the house Vince saw in his dream, Cliff begins to suspect Vince is a murderer. A local deputy (Jeff York) fills them in on a double murder that took place a few days before. After Vince tries to commit suicide Cliff decides to help clear him.
This little low budget film noir with a kind of long finale was written and directed by Maxwell Shane who later remade it as NIGHTMARE in 1956 (with Edward G. Robinson and Kevin McCarthy in the leads). It's based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich.
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