Skip to content
HOLLYWOOD METRICS
HomeAboutCraftNewsAnalyticsScriptsBooksPricingAPIMCP
Catalog/Crime/Fear in the Night
Fear in the Night poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 67.5 / 100
1946·Crime / Drama / Film-Noir·1h 12m

FEAR IN THE NIGHT

“Nightmare of Murder...or Dream...or Reality”

The dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson finds himself murdering a man in a sinister octagonal-shaped room lined with mirrors while a mysterious woman breaks into a safe. It is so vivid that Vince suspects it may have really happened. To get the dream off his mind, he goes on a picnic with some relatives. When a thunderstorm forces his party into a nearby mansion, Vince discovers that the bizarre room does exist, and it means nothing but trouble.

Above the Line
Maxwell Shane·DirectorMaxwell Shane·WriterCornell Woolrich·Short StoryJack Greenhalgh·Director of PhotographyRudy Schrager·Original Music ComposerHoward A. Smith·Editor
Cast
Paul Kelly·Cliff HerlihyDeForest Kelley·Vince GraysonAnn Doran·Lil HerlihyKay Scott·Betty WintersCharles Victor·Captain WarnerRobert Emmett Keane·Lewis Belknap, aka Harry ByrdJeff York·Deputy Torrence (as Jeff Yorke)Gladys Blake·Bank Clerk (uncredited)Julia Faye·Rental Home Owner (uncredited)John Harmon·Clyde Bilyou (uncredited)
Full Crew
(11 credits)
Directing· 1
Maxwell Shane·Director
Writing· 2
Maxwell Shane·WriterCornell Woolrich·Short Story
Camera· 1
Jack Greenhalgh·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Howard A. Smith·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Rudy Schrager·Original Music Composer
Art & Design· 2
Frank Paul Sylos·Art DirectionHarry Reif·Set Decoration
Production· 3
William C. Thomas·ProducerWilliam H. Pine·ProducerL.B. Merman·Associate Producer
By the Numbers
67.5
OF 100
Master Score
6.3
OF 10
IMDb
—
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
—
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
Where to Watch

THE AVAILABILITY MAP

The canonical record of where this film lives across the streaming map.

Provider Index In Progress

Streaming, rental, and purchase availability for this title is being ingested from the TMDB watch-providers feed and will appear here once the next catalog refresh runs. Until then, the canonical source links below remain the fastest route.

Find on TMDB
Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind Fear in the Night's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#000000
#FFFFFF
#9ACD32
Mood
Suspenseful
Composition
Centered
Era
1970s
Visual Style
Photographic

“The movie poster features two people against a dark background. A man with a mustache and glasses with shattered lenses is in the upper left. A woman with blond”

horror
Key Elements
GlassesSmoke
Atmosphere
Dark
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
None Visible
Design Score
7/10
More Like This

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Neighboring films in the catalog's similarity graph.

Keep Going

THREE WAYS DEEPER

Auteur
AUT
MORE BY MAXWELL SHANE

Every catalog entry where Maxwell Shane is credited as director.

Open
Family
GEN
MORE CRIME

Top-ranked films inside crime, sorted by master score.

Open
Era
DEC
MORE FROM THE 1940S

The best films of the 1940s, ranked across every available metric.

Open
View on IMDbView on TMDBCatalog
HOLLYWOOD METRICS

The definitive mathematical oracle for cinematic success and creative script intelligence.

74,000+ Films100 Years1.1M+ Reviews
PRODUCT
  • Dashboard
  • Pricing
  • Script Analysis
  • Watch the Demo
  • The Red List
  • News
  • Analytics
  • API
  • MCP Connector
COMPANY
  • About
  • Track Record
  • Trust & Script Privacy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
CONNECT
  • ▶YouTube
  • ◉Instagram
  • ♪TikTok
  • @Threads
  • fFacebook
Get Started Free →
© 2026 Hollywood Metrics. All rights reserved.Powered by bespoke agents and autonomous agentic workflows