Pillow of Death (1945)
Release Date: Dec 14, 1945 Wide
Release Date: Dec 14, 1945 Wide
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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
Dec 14, 1945 Wide
Cast
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Lon Chaney Jr
Wayne Fletcher -
Brenda Joyce
Donna Kincaid -
Clara Blandick
Belle Kincaid -
Rosalind Ivan
Amelia Kincaid -
J. Edward Bromberg
Julian Julian -
George Cleveland
Sam Kincaid -
Bernard B. Thomas
Bruce Malone -
Wilton Graff
Detective McCracken -
Fern Emmett
Mrs. Williams -
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Victoria Horne
Vivian Fletcher -
John Farrell MacDonald
Sexton
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