Pillow of Death
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5.8/10 Letterboxd Genre Mystery, Horror Costume design Vera West Language English | 6.1/10 IMDb Director Wallace Fox Film series Inner Sanctum Mystery Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 14, 1945 (1945-12-14) Writer George Bricker (screenplay), Dwight V. Babcock (original story) Cast Lon Chaney Jr. (Wayne Fletcher), Brenda Joyce (Donna Kincaid), J. Edward Bromberg (Julian Julian), Rosalind Ivan (Amelia Kincaid)Similar movies The Boy Next Door , Mysterious Intruder , The Whistler , The Mark of the Whistler , All Ladies Do It , Knock Knock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pillow of Death is a 1945 film noir mystery horror film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and Brenda Joyce. The last of the Inner Sanctum mystery films, it is based on a story by Dwight V. Babcock. The "Inner Sanctum" franchise originated with a popular radio series and all of the films star Lon Chaney, Jr. It was the only entry in the series to dispense with the introduction by a disembodied head in a crystal ball, as well as the only one to feature comic-relief characters to alleviate the grim tone.
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Plot summary
Attorney Wayne Fletcher (Chaney, Jr.) intends to divorce his wife and marry his secretary (Joyce), who comes from a wealthy family. When the wife is found suffocated to death, he naturally becomes the suspect. As others are killed in the same manner and a phony medium (Bromberg) also claims Fletcher is guilty, Fletcher begins to imagine his dead wife is communicating with him, making it even more difficult for him to prove his innocence.
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