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Pillow of Death is a american film of genre Drama directed by Wallace Fox released in USA on 14 december 1945 with Lon Chaney, Jr.
Pillow of Death (1945)
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Add to a movie listPillow of Death (1945) was the last of the Inner Sanctum mystery films. The movie stars Lon Chaney, Jr. and Brenda Joyce, was directed by Wallace Fox, and 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's son. 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.
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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.Actors
Lon Chaney, Jr.
(Wayne Fletcher)
Brenda Joyce
(Donna Kincaid)
J. Edward Bromberg
(Julian Julian)
Rosalind Ivan
(Amelia Kincaid)
Clara Blandick
(Belle Kincaid)
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