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Escape in the Fog

Escape in the Fog

Slipping silently out of the fog... came murder!

19455.31h 3m

Overview

A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.

Directed by Budd Boetticher
Written by Aubrey Wisberg
Produced by Wallace MacDonald
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Top Cast

Otto Kruger

Otto Kruger

Paul Devon

Nina Foch

Nina Foch

Eileen Carr

William Wright

William Wright

Barry Malcolm

Konstantin Shayne

Konstantin Shayne

Schiller

Ivan Triesault

Ivan Triesault

Hausmer, Schiller's Henchman

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

George Smith

Jessie Arnold

Jessie Arnold

Woman at Accident (uncredited)

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Chin Kuang Chow

Chinese Boy (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

Edmund Cobb

Detective (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Heinie Conklin

Accident Witness (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

san francisco, californiafilm noirb movieblack and white

About Escape in the Fog

Escape in the Fog is a thriller, crime film released in 1945 exploring themes of san francisco, california, film noir, b movie, black and white. Directed by Budd Boetticher, it stars Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright. A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.

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