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A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town.A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town.A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town.
Buck Russell
- Train Passenger
- (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
- Train Passenger
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film's title refers to both a series of mystery novels published in the 1940s by Simon & Schuster and a popular radio show adapted from the novels. The radio version ran from 1941 to 1952, and produced more than 500 episodes. The same material had been the source of a series of low-budget movies produced by Universal Pictures in the early 1940s.
- GoofsWhen Dunlap is washing the breakfast dishes Jean Maxwell offers to help. Dunlap suggests that he wash and she dry and that's exactly what they do. He washes and she dry's but at no time do either of them rinse the soap suds off of the dishes before drying them.
- Quotes
Mike Bennett: Gee, trains are wonderful, especially at night. They're like big, long snakes with lighted skins. And they whistle and smoke and rattle. Boy, they're somethin'.
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Superior, low-budget, gripping Film Noir. A minor classic.
A psychic predicts that a sultry young blonde will meet with tragedy on a train...A handsome young man murders his wife, then takes refuge in a sleepy small town...A young boy witnesses the murder but keeps it a secret... The blonde, the young man, and the boy all wind up in the same boarding house, sharing close quarters, and trying to cover-up their unsettling secrets. Plot turns and twists ensue, building to a shattering, unexpected climax.
Superior, low-budget 'film noir,' quietly but steadily gripping the viewer with unusually subtle characterizations and solid acting. Amazingly "adult" for its time. The ravishing Mary Beth Hughes and the charismatic Charles Russell strike palpable erotic sparks. And the relationship between Russell and the young lad who witnessed his crime but hero-worships him all the same has implicit "homoerotic" undertones that must have eluded the napping censors.
Running a mere 52 minutes, "Inner Sanctum" was easily sandwiched into local TV stations in the late '50s in 60-minute-including-commercials slots.
It has long since disappeared into obscurity and deserves a cable-TV or VHS revival and restoral. The notion of doing an updated, R-rated remake is tempting but should be avoided. This little-known treasure is perfect just as it is.
Superior, low-budget 'film noir,' quietly but steadily gripping the viewer with unusually subtle characterizations and solid acting. Amazingly "adult" for its time. The ravishing Mary Beth Hughes and the charismatic Charles Russell strike palpable erotic sparks. And the relationship between Russell and the young lad who witnessed his crime but hero-worships him all the same has implicit "homoerotic" undertones that must have eluded the napping censors.
Running a mere 52 minutes, "Inner Sanctum" was easily sandwiched into local TV stations in the late '50s in 60-minute-including-commercials slots.
It has long since disappeared into obscurity and deserves a cable-TV or VHS revival and restoral. The notion of doing an updated, R-rated remake is tempting but should be avoided. This little-known treasure is perfect just as it is.
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- Aug 1, 2001
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
- Color
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- 1.37 : 1
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