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Pillow of Death

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Plot summary
Cast
References
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{{Infobox film
| name = Pillow of Death
| image = Pillowofdeath.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Wallace Fox
| producer = Ben Pivar
| screenplay = George Bricker
| story = Dwight V. Babcock
| based_on = {{based on|Inner Sanctum Mystery|Himan Brown}}
| starring = {{plain list|

Lon Chaney, Jr.
Brenda Joyce

}}
| music = Frank Skinner
| cinematography = Jerome Ash
| editing = Edward Curtiss
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1945|12|14|United States}}
| runtime = 66 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}

Pillow of Death is a 1945 film noir mystery horror film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and Brenda Joyce.^[1] 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.

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.

Cast

Lon Chaney, Jr. as Wayne Fletcher (billed as Lon Chaney)
Brenda Joyce as Donna Kincaid^[2]
J. Edward Bromberg as Julian Julian
Rosalind Ivan as Amelia Kincaid
Clara Blandick as Belle Kincaid
George Cleveland as Sam Kincaid
Wilton Graff as Cap'n McCracken
Bernard Thomas as Bruce Malone (billed as Bernard B. Thomas)

References

1. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSPwUaOuQNUC&pg=PA80|title=Lon Chaney, Jr.: Horror Film Star, 1906-1973|last=Smith|first=Don G.|date=2004-01-01|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786418138|language=en}}
2. ^{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/22/local/me-passings22|title=Passings|last=Staff|first=Times|date=2009-07-22|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-08-31|last2=Reports|first2=Wire|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0037989|title=Pillow of Death}}
{{Amg movie|106112|Pillow of Death}}
[https://archive.org/stream/variety160-1945-12#page/n67/mode/1up Review of film] at Variety

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