Endless Night Page #3

Synopsis: Michael Rogers is a chauffeur with little money, but big dreams. Foremost of these is building his dream house on the perfect piece of land. Michael gets his chance when his new girlfriend, Ellie, turns out to be an extremely wealthy heiress. The two are wed and are soon living in a modern home on Gipsy's Acre. Their idyllic life shatters around them with a series of bizarre events and threats. Micheal comes under the disapproving eye of both Ellie's greedy family and her interfering best-friend Greta. On top of that, local legend says their property is cursed. What danger lurks for the young newlyweds, and is it a human plot or something supernatural?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Director(s): Sidney Gilliat
Production: Anchor Bay Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.0
NOT RATED
Year:
1972
95 min
115 Views


have been able to get out this time.

Now, who's Greta ... your stepmother?

No, that's Cora.

Greta was hired to teach me German, but ...

well she stayed on and we sort

of became best friends.

That was Greta I just called ...

She's great!

She understands exactly how

I feel about everything.

I don't go for cold, calculating

krauts, myself.

Oh, Greta isn't cold ...

and she isn't the slightest

bit calculating.

I prefer them small and elfin ...

the kind that do funny little dances

when they think nobody's looking.

Tea and toast ... alright?

Oh, haven't they any muffins,

I've never tried one?

Muffins is out of season, miss.

Oh ...

Then we'll come back when there's

an 'R' in the month.

- That's a definite order.

- Yes, sir.

- Now ... milk?

- Mmm, yes please.

Sugar?

Really gotta go now ...

Ellie ... did you say you were

going back to London?

- That's right.

- Know the road?

- Yes

- Pity.

- Why?

I was going to offer to

show you the way.

Oh ... well actually, I have got a

terrible sense of direction.

Good, come on then.

I turn-off here ...

Goodbye, Mike.

Oh look, if you like I can ...

No, no, it's alright I really

can find my way from here.

Look, I don't suppose there's any

chance of seeing you again?

I don't know.

That's just the trouble,

I never seem to know.

I said I might call back again in

in two or three weeks ...

at that antique place

at Market Chadwell.

Yes!

Mike, let's meet at Gypsy's Acre ...

I'd like that ...

- On the eighth.

- What time?

Three o'clock, sharp!

And afterwards we'll have

muffins at the Crown

because there's an 'R' in next month.

That's a definite order, Mike.

I'll write.

And don't forget my

Green Shield stamps!

'Scuse me, sir ...

are you Mr. Rogers?

- Yes.

- A telephone call for you ...

Oh ... thank you!

Hello?

- Michael!

- Ellie!

I'm sorry ... I just couldn't

get over in time.

- Ellie, where are you?

- Rome.

I really am sorry, I was looking

forward to it so much.

So was I ... but it's alright

now you've phoned.

Listen ...

Greta and I have managed to

persuade Cora and Uncle Frank ...

we're gonna have my

party in London.

- What party?

- Oh, some silly party ... on Friday.

So best if I don't see

you 'til the next day.

- Why?

- You don't mind, do you?

Because, Mike ... something

really exciting's happened ...

I'll tell you when we meet.

Ok, when?

Well what's wrong with

Saturday morning?

Ten-thirty.

Ten-thirty, where?

Where ... ? On the embankment

by the Festival Hall ...

I think even I can find that!

Mike!

Mike!

Mike!

Mike ... it's me!

Mike, I'm sorry I'm late ...

What's the matter?

I'm sorry, Mike!

Couldn't have told me could you?

Might have made it too easy for me ...

stop me getting stupid ideas.

You just don't know what

what it's been like!

Being the world's sixth richest girl?

Well that's not my fault.

Anyway, it's not true ...

much more like the sixteenth.

Oh, makes a fat lot of difference

once you're in that league!

No wonder you didn't

ask me to the party.

Oh, I just couldn't face

being cross-examined.

They've screened and checked every

single man I've ever wanted to date.

It's like I told you ...

Cinderella in reverse.

Until an out-of-work, rental

car driver, came along ...

- Prince Charming in reverse!

- Oh, Mike!

Fenella Thomsen isn't the

same as Ellie Thompson ... not for me!

Well, goodbye Ellie ...

before I find my self saying

'I have my pride, you know!'

Look ... I have my pride

too you know.

Only, I don't believe in

standing on it.

- You're crying ...

- I am not!

It's an allergy.

I'm allergic to pollen and horses

and cats ... and some men!

'Specially proud, stupid men!

Who haven't even got the sense to ...

order me a glass of water or something

so I can take my medicine!

And who haven't even got the sense

to realise I'm in love with them.

Oh ... that is the worst coffee

I've ever had in my life!

There's no future in it, Ellie.

Maybe not ...

but we'd neither of us ever

stop thinking about it.

It was different then.

It's different now!

That's what the party was all about ...

I'm old enough to do anything I want ...

Anything ...

Mike ...

I went to see your friend, Santonix.

Greta and I went from Rome ...

You're right, he's a wonderful person,

and he'll build you a wonderful house!

Yes, well we can forget it ...

because I heard this morning

that Gypsy's Acre's gone ...

someone's bought it.

Mmm ... I know ...

I have!

Thank you ... thank you very much!

Please don't go, Mike ... please, please.

You see ...

I never met anyone like you before ...

Never.

- I do solemnly declare ...

- I do solemnly declare ...

- I know not of any lawful impediment ...

- I know not of any lawful impediment ...

That was where our life together began ...

in that tiny township in

the Welsh mountains.

Where the only newspaper men around

were there to cover the sheepdog trials.

And English was only the second language.

Dear Mum ...

Sorry to let you know after the event ...

but I got married, last week.

She's lovely and sweet, and I'm afraid

she has an awful lot of money.

Honeymooning on the continent.

Love, Mike.

Why keep a house in, so to speak?

Why not make it a part of the landscape?

To be joined with it whenever you like.

You arrived at the same

idea by instinct, Mike.

Can I see inside?

No. Please, please ...

not until I show you

the finished house ...

you must leave me

something up my sleeve.

How long before we

can live in it?

It has to be very soon,

Darling Ellie. If only because ...

personally, I'm very

short of time.

The ice-cream man cometh ...

Now, that's your turn now, Mike.

What happens when

the family finds out?

They think I'm touring

Scotland with Greta.

They'll blame her as usual.

And they'll do anything they

can to break Mike and me up.

What can they do?

Try and buy Mike off.

Like Gina Barretti's parents

did with her first.

Gina ... wasn't that the girl who married

a lifeguard from Miami beach?

Mmm ... and he got half a million

dollars to divorce her quietly.

Isn't that marvellous?

I've not only collected

a lovely little wife ...

but I can trade her in for

solid cash anytime I want.

Thank you, Miss Thompson,

that was great!

The honeymoon's over, Darling.

Time to pack our bags

and face the family.

Michael, I'd like you to meet my

stepmother; Cora Walker-Brown.

How do you do, Mr. Rogers.

How do you do.

Her husband, Reuben.

Hello, there.

Aunt Beth, and Uncle Frank.

Well sir, I feel called upon to remark ...

that the news conveyed

to us so belatedly constitued ...

We were shocked!

And Mr. Lippincott ...

Dear Uncle Andrew.

Of course, he's not

really my Uncle.

I am that figure of fiction;

the family lawyer.

- How are you, Michael?

- How do you do, sir.

Oh, Gretna Green seems to be

the only element missing.

- We were never even informed.

- Thanks to Greta.

Why blame her, I married him?

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Sidney Gilliat

Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. He was the son of George Gilliat, editor of the Evening Standard, born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and its sequel Night Train to Munich (1940), directed by Carol Reed. He and Launder made their directorial debut co-directing the home front drama Millions Like Us (1943). From 1945 he also worked as a producer, starting with The Rake's Progress, which he also wrote and directed. He and Launder made over 40 films together, founding their own production company Individual Pictures. While Launder concentrated on directing their comedies, most famously the four St Trinian's School films, Gilliat showed a preference for comedy-thrillers and dramas, including Green for Danger (1946), London Belongs to Me (1948) and State Secret (1950). He wrote the libretto for Malcolm Williamson's opera Our Man in Havana, based on the novel by Graham Greene. He had also worked on the film. more…

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