''The Fatal Night'' is a 1948 British

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by

Mario Zampi Mario Zampi (1 November 19032 December 1963) was an Italian film producer and director. A co-founder of Two Cities Films, a British production company, he is most closely associated with British comedies of the 1950s. Biography Zampi began his c ...

and starring Lester Ferguson, Jean Short and Leslie Armstrong.Chibnall & McFarlane p.34 It is based on a 1925 short story, 'The Gentleman from America', by

Michael Arlen Michael Arlen (16 November 1895 – 23 June 1956), born Dikran Kouyoumdjian ( hy, Տիգրան Գոյումճեան), was a British essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter of Armenian origin, who had his greatest s ...

about an American visitor to London who makes a bet with two Englishmen that he cannot spend a night alone in a 'haunted' house. The same story, under the original title, was adapted in 1956 as an episode of the TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Cast

* Lester Ferguson as Puce * Jean Short as Geraldine * Leslie Armstron as Cyril * Brenda Hogan as Julia * Patrick Macnee as Tony *

Aubrey Mallalieu Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s. Mallalieu began life as George William Mallalieu, the son of William Mallalieu (c. 1845–1927), a ...

as Yokel

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

* 1948 films British thriller films 1940s thriller films Films set in London Films directed by Mario Zampi British black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s British films English-language thriller films {{1940s-thriller-film-stub