Open ClassicCINEMA
Back to the collection

OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 188

Nightmare

195689 minUnited States
Film noirThrillerCrimeHorror
Video edition
YouTube
Original language
English
This copy runs
104:36
Subtitles
English

Languages and subtitles

Subtitles off by default

YouTube may apply your personal preferences. If needed, select your language under CC / Settings. YouTube controls playback availability, which may vary by region.

Synopsis

A New Orleans musician dreams that he has killed a man in a room of mirrors. Blood, bruises and an unfamiliar key remain when he wakes. His policeman brother-in-law dismisses the account, but the boundary between nightmare and evidence becomes harder to maintain.

Cast

DirectorsMaxwell Shane

Inspirations

Cornell Woolrich's And So to Death supplies a premise in which a person's own experience cannot be trusted. The adaptation brings that uncertainty into a musical New Orleans setting.

Sources and availability

General references identify the work and its copy. A reference beside an editorial section is linked to the claims checked in that section.

WikipediaInternet Archive

Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

The reference concerns the original work. Restorations, colorization, translations and other territories may have different conditions. This site uses the player enabled by the channel.

Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Audience rating

Loading ratings…

Keep exploring

Collection