About Lights Out
- Released on June 30, 1946
Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 1934 to the summer of 1947 and the series eventually made the transition to television.
In 1946, NBC Television brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contributed three of the scripts. NBC asked Cooper to write the script for the premiere, "First Person Singular", which is told entirely from the point of view of an unseen murderer who kills his obnoxious wife and winds up being executed. Variety gave this first episode a rave review ("undoubtedly one of the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen"), but Lights Out did not become a regular NBC-TV series until 1949.
Full Cast of Lights Out
Dominic Cooper plays Danny
Rosamund Pike plays Helen
Cara Seymour plays Majorie
Sally Hawkins plays Sarah Goldman
Emma Thompson plays Headmistress
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes plays Hattie
William Melling plays Small Boy #1
Connor Catchpole plays Small Boy #2
Matthew Beard plays Graham
Ellie Kendrick plays Tina
Nick Sampson plays Auctioneer
Bel Parker plays Small Girl
Luis Soto plays Rachman
Olenka Wrzesniewski plays Shakespeare Girl #1
Bryony Wadsworth plays Shakespeare Girl #2
Ashley Taylor-Rhys plays Petrol Attendant
Beth Rowley plays Nightclub Singer
Ben Castle plays Nightclub Band
Mark Edwards plays Nightclub Band
Tom Rees-Roberts plays Nightclub Band
Arne Somogyi plays Nightclub Band
Paul Pilot plays Nightclub Band
Phil Wilkinson plays Nightclub Band
Kate Duchêne plays Latin Teacher
Florence Stanley
Crew of Lights Out
Directing
Art
Production
Costume & Make-Up
Writing
Sound
Camera
Editing
- Dominic Cooper
- Rosamund Pike
- Cara Seymour
- Sally Hawkins
- Emma Thompson
- Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
- William Melling
- Connor Catchpole
- Matthew Beard
- Ellie Kendrick
- Nick Sampson
- Bel Parker
- Luis Soto
- Olenka Wrzesniewski
- Bryony Wadsworth
- Ashley Taylor-Rhys
- Beth Rowley
- Ben Castle
- Mark Edwards
- Tom Rees-Roberts
- Arne Somogyi
- Paul Pilot
- Phil Wilkinson
- Kate Duchêne
- Tom Poston
- Florence Stanley
- June Lockhart
- Leslie Nielsen
- Nina Foch