Nightmare is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Diana Barrymore, Brian Donlevy and Henry Daniell. The film was based on a novel of the same name by Philip MacDonald.
Plot
Leslie Stafford (Diana Barrymore) is a secretary who seeks the help of a home invader, Daniel Shane (Brian Donlevy), to dispose of the body of her murdered husband in wartime London.
Cast
- Diana Barrymore as Leslie Stafford a.k.a. Butch
- Brian Donlevy as Daniel Shane
- Henry Daniell as Capt. Stafford
- Eustace Wyatt as Angus - Innkeeper
- Arthur Shields as Sergeant
- Gavin Muir as J.B. Abbington
- Stanley Logan as Inspector Robbins
- Ian Wolfe as James - Abbington's Butler
- Hans Conried as Hans - Nazi Agent
- John Abbott as Karl a.k.a. Charles
- David Clyde as Jock
- Elspeth Dudgeon as Angus' Wife
- Harold De Becker as Jeff Hawkins - London Cabby
- Ivan F. Simpson as Arnold - Money Changer
- Keith Hitchcock as London Bobby
- Arthur Gould-Porter as Freddie
- Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mrs. McDonald - Housekeeper
- Lydia Bilbrook as Mrs. Bates
- Pax Walker as Gladys
- Bobbie Hale as Old Gaffer (as Bobby Hale)
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