Fear in the Night

Fear in the Night (1972) is a mystery, thriller film directed by Jimmy Sangster rated 5.9/10.

It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Peggy is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?

Cast

Joan Collins

Molly Carmichael

Peter Cushing

Michael Carmichael

Judy Geeson

Peggy Heller

Ralph Bates

Robert Heller

James Cossins

The Doctor

Gillian Lind

Mrs. Beamish

Brian Grellis

2nd Policeman

John Bown

1st Policeman

Jimmy Gardner

Psychiatrist (uncredited)