Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce, J. Carrol Naish, Milburn Stone, Lloyd Bridges
Directed by John Hoffman
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A talented chemist who's committed a terrible crime tells a lawyer the reasons why, relating the outlandish and criminal behavior of his boss and how it affected him and his family.
Chaney stars in another entry in the Inner Sanctum series of films, and gives one of his best performances for Universal, completely believable as a hard-working and honest man, who avoids the shortcuts that might cost lives, and cares little about financial rewards. It's quite a change from the morose roles given to the actor in the other Sanctum films. He also plays off Joyce very well, as the loyal wife who still wants more from him, as well as Naish, portraying one of his oiliest characters. The supporting cast is also of interest, with plenty of fine character actors, from Milburn Stone, to Ian Wolfe, to Addison Richards and Mary Gordon, as well as an early screen appearance by Lloyd Bridges as Chaney's sympathetic assistant. More of a melodrama than a mystery, although it goes far darker than other efforts, it's also well-scripted and directed.
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