Inner Sanctum (1948 film)

Inner Sanctum
Original film poster
Directed by	Lew Landers
Produced by	Richard B. Morros (executive producer) Samuel Rheiner (producer) Walter Shenson (producer)
Written by	Jerome T. Gollard
Starring	Mary Beth Hughes Charles Russell
Music by	Leon Klatzkin
Cinematography	Allen G. Siegler
Edited by	Fred R. Feitshans Jr.
Distributed by	Film Classics
Release dates	October 15, 1948 (1948-10-15)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Inner Sanctum is a 1948 American film noir directed by Lew Landers based on the Simon & Schuster book series of the same name and the Inner Sanctum Mystery radio series. A previous film series of the show had been done by Universal Pictures until 1945. It is the first and only film of M.R.S. productions, the initials of Richard B. Morros, Samuel Rheiner and Walter Shenson.

Plot summary

The film follows a murderer who is on the run and hiding out in a small town. Unbeknownst to him, he is not only hiding in the same boarding house as the only witness to his crime, he is sharing the same room.

Cast

• Charles Russell as Harold Dunlap
• Mary Beth Hughes as Jean Maxwell
• Dale Belding as Mike Bennett
• Billy House as McFee
• Fritz Leiber, Sr. as Doctor Valonius, the Seer
• Nana Bryant as Thelma Mitchell
• Lee Patrick as Ruth Bennett
• Roscoe Ates as Willy
• Eddie Parks as Barney
• Eve Miller as Marie Kembar, Dunlap's Fiancée

External links

• Inner Sanctum at IMDb
• Inner Sanctum is available for free download at the Internet Archive