Nothing But the Night [1972]

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 90 mins
Length: 8100 ft
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Charlemagne Productions / Rank Film Organization
Producers: Anthony Nelson Keys, Christopher Lee [uncredited]
Presenters: John T. Parker, Stirling W. Smith
Production Manager: Tom Sachs

SCRIPT
Script: Brian Hayles
Novel: John Blackburn

DIRECTION
Director: Peter Sasdy
Assistant Director: Ariel Levy

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Kenneth Talbot
Camera Operator: Ronnie Maasz

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Keith Palmer

MUSIC
Music: Malcolm Williamson
Musical Director: Philip Martel

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Danny Daniel
Sound Mixer: Ken Barker
Sound Editor: Don Challis

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Eddie Knight
Hair: Pat McDermott
Wardrobe Supervisor: Rosemary Burrows

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Les Bowie

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Colin Grimes

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Doreen Dearnaley, Renée Glynne [uncredited]
Production Secretary: Liz Green

LOCATIONS
Studio: Pinewood Studios

CASTING
Casting: Weston Drury Jr

CAST
Christopher Lee [Colonel Charles Bingham]
Peter Cushing [Sir Mark Ashley]
Diana Dors [Anna Harb]
Georgia Brown [Joan Foster]
Keith Barron [Dr Haynes]
Gwyneth Strong [Mary Valley]
Fulton Mackay [Cameron]
John Robinson [Lord Fawnlee]
Morris Perry [Dr Yeats]
Michael Gambon [Inspector Grant]
Shelagh Fraser [Mrs Alison]
Duncan Lamont [Dr Knight]
Kathleen Byron [Dr Rose]
Geoffrey Frederick [Computer Operator]
Louise Nelson [Nurse]
Robin Wentworth [Head Porter]
Michael Segal [First Reporter]
John Kelland [Second Reporter]
Michael Wynne [Donald]
Kenneth Watson [Jamie]
Andrew McCulloch [Malcolm]
Paul Humpoletz [Angus]
Stuart Saunders [Police Sergeant]
Stanley Lebor [Policeman]
Michael Brennan [Deck Hand]
Beatrice Kane [Helen Van Traylen]
Janet Bruce [Naureen Stokes]
Geoffrey Denton [Paul Anderson]

When trustees of the Van Traylen fund start committing suicide, and a bus accident wipes out the last three trustees and thirty orphaned children, police officer Bingham is called in. His investigations lead him to some very strange and terrifying conclusions.

A dreadful misfire that killed Christopher Lee's newly created production company Charlemagne Productions stone dead. A contrived and frankly ludicrous plot proves too great a hurdle for Sasdy and his cast to overcome. It's rare that any film starring both Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing could be described as worthless, but sadly this is just that - dull and one for die-hard fans of the lead actors only.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Rank Film Organization
Video Distributor: Trend Video Concepts

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Cinema Systems Inc
Video Distributor: Monterey Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Spain
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: PG

This nightmare has already killed five people - now it's yours to live!

Il cervello dei morti viventi - Italian title
The Devil's Undead
Das Dunkel der Nacht - German title
Keskiyön kauhut - Finnish title
I nattens mörker - Swedish title
Noche infernal - Spanish title
The Resurrection Syndicate - US reissue title

REFERENCES

CinemaTV Today no.9977 [22 April 1972] p.14 [UK]
credits

CinemaTV Today no.10015 [20 June 1973] p.20 [UK]
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.40 no.469 [February 1973] p.32 [UK]
credits, synopsis, review

KEYWORDS

book into film, children, hypnotism, mass suicide, orphans, orphanages, police, suicide

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007