does any1 remember this old b/w film?

Question

all these people are at a hotel r something and i think theres a murder the detective speaks to eac person to find why they are there and while explaing the film shows what happened. its in bw and there is a ventrilquist with a freaky doll who comes to life and trys to control the man! i know werid! but there is a point 2 it all that i just cant recall now, at the end of the film, it all statrs over again!

Answer 1

These two are the cloest i could find

Devil Doll: Hugo is mad as heck, and he's not going to take it any more! Hugo is the dummy used by the Great Vorelli, a ventriloquist and hypnotist who wows London with his amazing act. Hugo can walk as well as talk, and he does other interesting things. Neglecting his statuesque mistress Magda, Vorelli pursues a pretty volunteer from the audience named Marianne; he know she is a wealthy heiress, and is after her money as well as her charms. Following a charity concert at Marianne's country estate, he mesmerizes the girl, who then falls into a baffling coma. When (in one of the movie's best sequences) a jealous Magda challenges the hypnotist over his attentions to the younger woman, Vorelli lulls her into submission, then gets rid of her, using Hugo to ensure his own alibi. Marianne's journalist boyfriend Mark investigates the mysterious murder and discovers another killing in Vorelli's past with interesting connections to the present. This underrated British horror story could be the best filmed variation on the "dummy with a soul" theme inaugurated by a brief sequence in Alberto Cavalcanti's classic 1945 anthology Dead of Night and continuing more recently with Magic (1978.) Fine photography by Gerald Gibbs, convincing performances by Bryant Halliday, Sandra Dorne and Yvonne Romain and flawless animation and editing of Hugo's scenes provide a galvanizing elaboration of the original, somewhat skeletal, concept. A rental video is hard to find, but available. Michael P. Rogers

Dead Of Night : A group of strangers is mysteriously gathered at a country estate where each reveals a chilling tale of the supernatural. First, a racer survives a brush with death only to receive terrifying premonitions from beyond the grave. Then a teens innocent game of hide-and-seek leads to an encounter with the macabre. Next, a young couple purchases an antique mirror that unleashes a horrific power from its past. In a lighter vein, two competitive golfers play for stakes that may haunt the winner forever. Finally, a renowned ventriloquist descends into an abyss of madness and murder when his dummy develops a mind of its own. But even after these frightening tales are told, does one final nightmare await them all?
Britains venerable Ealing Studios brought together four brilliant directors-Charles Crichton (The Lavender Hill Mob), Basil Dearden (The Mind Benders), Alberto Cavalcanti (Nicholas Nickleby) and Robert Hamer (Kind Hearts and Coronets) to create this classic chiller that remains one of the most influential horror films ever made. This is the uncut and complete UK version of Dead of Night, now newly restored from original archival materials for the first time in decades.

Answer 2

The Day the Earth Stood Still - Michael rennie, an anti war film in Sci Fi genre. Superb. Klaatu Barada Nictu is from this movie. Forbidden Planet - Leslie Nielsen (Naked Gun) Based on Shakespeare's Tempest This Island Earth - when a planet comes into orbit of the earth and mankind has to decide who goes to the satellite of this planet that is killing the earth. THEM! - 1950s B movie about nuclear mutated ants, absolutely cracking. You are right there are loads, but hopefully these will help lead you to many more.

Answer 3

Kevin has the most informative answer, and I think Dead of Night is the film you're thinking of, since you remember the end of the film being a repeat of the opening scene of the film.
Check out the Internet Movie Data Base entry for Dead of Night to be sure.

Answer 4

I BELIEVE THIS WAS THE 1978 MOVIE ''MAGIC'' STARRING
A NOT SO WELL KNOWN ANTHONY HOPKINS AND THE DUMMY'S NAME WAS CORKY.

Answer 5

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