Alias John Preston
- IMDb link: 0048938
- IMDb rating: 5.5 (335 votes)
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Romance
- Director: David MacDonald
- Cast: Christopher Lee, Betta St. John, Alexander Knox, Sandra Dorne and others
- Release date: 14 Dec 1955
- Release year: 1955
- Runtime: 71 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom
- Keywords: psychotronic film, lie, femme fatale, marriage proposal, jealousy, friendship, dream becomes reality, impersonation, ambulance, insane asylum
Plot:
Wealthy John Preston arrives in small town Deanbridge. He invests in local businesses and gets involved in community affairs. Eventually, he meets a local belle, Sally, and wins her from her current boyfriend. She agrees to marry him. Then, he begins to have strange dreams about Sylvia, a beautiful woman from his past, who comes to Deanbridge to blackmail him. In his dream, Preston strangles the scheming woman, but is then confronted by a strange Frenchman. He tells his dream to Dr. Walton, who feels Preston is suppressing things in his past, and should regain his memory before marrying Sally.