Nightmare (1956 film)
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| Directed by | Maxwell Shane |
| Screenplay by | Maxwell Shane |
| Based on | And So to Death 1941 story by Cornell Woolrich |
| Produced by | William H. Pine William C. Thomas |
| Starring | Edward G. Robinson Kevin McCarthy Connie Russell |
| Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
| Edited by | George A. Gittens |
| Music by | Herschel Burke Gilbert |
| Color process | Black and white |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Nightmare is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Maxwell Shane and starring Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy and Connie Russell.
The story is based on a novel by William Irish (a pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich). The book had been previously adapted as the 1947 film Fear in the Night, originally titled Nightmare, also written and directed by Shane.