Strange Confession
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5.8/10 Letterboxd Director John Hoffman Film series Inner Sanctum Mystery Duration | 6.9/10 IMDb 33% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Crime, Horror, Drama Screenplay Jean Bart Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 5, 1945 (1945-10-05) Writer M. Coates Webster (screenplay), Jean Bart (based on a composition by) Cast Lon Chaney Jr. (Jeff Carter), Brenda Joyce (Mary Carter), J. Carrol Naish (Roger Graham), Milburn Stone (Stevens), Lloyd Bridges (Dave Curtis), Addison Richards (Dr. Williams)Similar movies Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed , Before I Hang , The Amazing Spider-Man , Megamind , Outbreak , The Invisible Man | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strange Confession is a 1945 Inner Sanctum film noir mystery horror film, released by Universal Pictures and starring Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish and Brenda Joyce. The movie was directed by John Hoffman and was later rereleased under the title The Missing Head. The "Inner Sanctum" franchise originated with a popular radio series.
Plot
Jeff Carter (Lon Chaney, Jr.) is testing a vaccine for influenza. He is working for tycoon, Roger Graham (J. Carrol Naish), who takes the credit and the profit for Jeff's discovery. Roger cares more about profits than safety. Jeff resigns and is blacklisted by his boss. He heads to South America to perfect the formula. Graham has used this opportunity to release the drug and romance Jeff's attractive wife, Mary (Brenda Joyce). When Jeff hears that his son has died, he takes revenge.
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