Nightmare for a Nightingale

Oct 2, 1975

★ 6.0

Overview

An opera singer finds out her late husband isn't actually dead when he shows up at her apartment. In the heat of the moment, she kills him but his body mysteriously disappears.

Genres

TV Movie

Mystery

Thriller

Horror

Production Companies

Associated Television

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Cast

Anna Cartell

Susan Flannery

Tony Risanti

Keith Baxter

Sam Meadows

Sydney Tafler

Giles Turner

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Hal Bridie

Stuart Damon

Marie

Gita Denise

Enrico

Stephen Greif

Purvell

Peter Hill

Doctor

Anthony Dawes

Theatre Manager

Edwin Brown

Reporter

Mike Kinsey

Stagehand

Charles Cork

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