Night Comes Too Soon

Night Comes Too Soon is a 1948 British horror film directed by Denis Kavanagh and starring Valentine Dyall, Anne Howard and Alec Faversham. It was based on the story The Haunters and the Haunted by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.[1] It was released in the United States under the alternative title of The Ghost of Rashmon Hall.

Night Comes Too Soon
American poster
Directed byDenis Kavanagh
Written by
Produced byHarold Baim
Starring
CinematographyRay Densham
Edited byDorothy Elliot
Production
companies
  • British-Animated Productions, and
  • Federated Film Corporation
Distributed byButcher's Film Service
Release date
24 May 1948
Running time
52 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The film was made as a second feature for release on the lower half of a double bill. It was shot at a manor house near Mill Hill, part of a trend of renting country houses rather than studio space by low-budget producers after the Second World War.[2]

Cast
  • Valentine Dyall as Dr. George Clinton
  • Anne Howard as Phyllis
  • Alec Faversham as John
  • Howard Douglas
  • Beatrice Marsden as Mrs. Paxton
  • Arthur Brander
  • Anthony Baird as Lionel Waddell
  • Frank Dunlop
  • David Keir as The Estate Agent
  • Monti DeLyle as Ghost of Rinaldo Sabata
  • Nina Erber as Ghost of Marianna Sabata
  • John Desmond as Ghost of The Sailor

References
  1. Chibnall & McFarlane p.118
  2. Chibnall & McFarlane p.118

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


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