Nightmare(1956)
Beware! These are the eyes of a hypnotist!
Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and finds blood marks on himself and a key from the dream, he suspects that it may have truly happened.
Movie: Nightmare
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rene Bressard
Stan Grayson
Gina
Sue Bressard
Deputy Torrence
Belknap / Harry Britten
Madge Novick
Captain Warner
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