Main Cast: Lon Chaney, Jr., Brenda Joyce, Clara Blandick, Rosalind Ivan, J. Edward Bromberg
Release Year: 1945
Country: US
Run Time: 66 minutes
Plot
This lesser "Inner Sanctum" entry stars Lon Chaney Jr. as unhappily married lawyer Wayne Fletcher. In love with his secretary Donna Kincaid (Brenda Joyce), Fletcher is the principal suspect when his wife is found smothered to death in her own bed. Lack of evidence allows Fletcher to walk scot-free, whereupon a series of "pillow murders" commences, all of the victims somehow linked with either Fletcher or Donna. The pseudo-psychological finale wants to have its cake and eat it too, permitting Fletcher to be both innocent and guilty. Among the murder victims is Clara Blandick, who under happier circumstances played Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Tradeshown at 65 minutes, release prints of Pillow of Death run a few minutes short of an hour. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
John B. Goodman - Art Director, Abraham Grossman - Art Director, Vera West - Costume Designer, Wallace W. Fox - Director, Edward A. Curtiss - Editor, Frank Skinner - Musical Direction/Supervision, Jerome Ash - Cinematographer, Ben Pivar - Producer, Russell A. Gausman - Set Designer, Leigh Smith - Set Designer, John P. Fulton - Special Effects, Dwight V. Babcock - Screen Story, George Bricker - Screenwriter
After Attorney Wayne Fletcher (Lon Chaney, Jr.), has had an affair with his secretary, his wife is found suffocated to death with a pillow. Wayne becomes the suspect. Wayne sees many visions of his dead wife and other people involved in the case are killed one by one.
Cast
Lon Chaney, Jr. ... Wayne Fletcher (billed as Lon Chaney) Brenda Joyce ... Donna Kincaid J. Edward Bromberg ... Julian Julian
Rosalind Ivan ... Amelia Kincaid
Clara Blandick ... Belle Kincaid
George Cleveland ... Sam Kincaid
Wilton Graff ... Cap'n McCracken
Bernard Thomas ... Bruce Malone (billed as Bernard B. Thomas)
