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Co-produced by famed documentarian Willard Van Dyke, Lonely Night was filmed in cooperation with the Mental Health Film Board. The 62-minute "docudrama" focuses on a young girl named Caroline, who suffers from emotional depression and is under psychiatric care. As the story progresses, the audience is made aware that Caroline's mental condition is as much the result of her environment as of her own inner demons. Caroline is played by Marian Seldes, the daughter of pop-culture critic Gilbert Seldes and later a prolific stage and soap-opera actress. Lonely Night is narrated by another familiar character actor, Frank Silvera.