Nightmare (1956)
- Directed by
- Maxwell Shane
- Genre
- film noir, thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man is haunted by a recurring nightmare of murder. He must figure out if the dream is real or a sign of his own guilt.
tensesuspensefuldarkparanoidnoirclaustrophobicanxiousmoodygrim
What happens
Nightmare is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Maxwell Shane and starring Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy and Connie Russell. The story is based on a novel by William Irish (a pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich). The book had been previously adapted as the 1947 film Fear in the Night, originally titled Nightmare, also written and directed by Shane. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
- Crime Against Joe (1956)
- Please Murder Me (1956)
- Nightfall (1956)
- Walk the Dark Street (1956)
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
- The Man Is Armed (1956)
- A Cry in the Night (1956)
- Fear (1946)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…