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Fear in the Night (1972)

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?

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Joan CollinsJoan CollinsMolly Carmichael
  • Photo of Peter CushingPeter CushingMichael Carmichael
  • Photo of Judy GeesonJudy GeesonPeggy Heller
  • Photo of Ralph BatesRalph BatesRobert Heller
  • Photo of James CossinsJames CossinsThe Doctor
  • Photo of Gillian LindGillian LindMrs. Beamish
  • Photo of Brian GrellisBrian Grellis2nd Policeman
  • Photo of John BownJohn Bown1st Policeman
  • Photo of Jimmy GardnerJimmy GardnerPsychiatrist (uncredited)

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