The Night Walker (1964) on Netflix
Approved19641h 26mHorrorMysteryThriller
Howard, a blind and possessive millionaire, keeps his wife Irene at home and records every conversation. When an explosion in the laboratory kills him, she is tormented by nightmares of him.
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Plot summary
Irene Trent is unhappily married to Howard, a blind and possessive millionaire inventor who fills their mansion with cuckoo clocks, records every conversation in the house and allows her no guests but his attorney, Barry Morland. He works upstairs in a laboratory and refuses to say what his projects are. Irene remains faithful, though she dreams of a fantasy lover. When the laboratory explodes, Howard is killed, and Irene is to inherit the house and his fortune once probate ends. Irene then dreams of a disfigured Howard stalking her through the house, and she moves back into the back room of the beauty shop she owned before her marriage, where a newly hired beautician, Joyce, becomes her confidant. Her dreams of the fantasy lover continue, and in one of them the two are married in a chapel.
Cast
- Kathleen Mulqueenas Customer (uncredited)
- Paulle Clarkas Pat (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Night Walker (1964)
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- William Castle hired the hypnotist Pat Collins to design a five-minute promotional short for the film in which Collins questioned six people about the content of their nightmares; the short cost about $25,000.
- The part of Irene Trent, played by Barbara Stanwyck, was first offered to Joan Crawford, an old friend of Stanwyck's, who declined it because she was already committed to Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
- The film was the last theatrical film role for Barbara Stanwyck, who had won fame in Hollywood features before turning to television.
