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Inner Sanctum (1991 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Inner Sanctum' is a 1991 crime drama erotic thriller film which stars Tanya Roberts, Margaux Hemingway, Joseph Bottoms and Valerie Wildman, and was written by Mark Thomas McGee and directed by Fred Olen Ray.
The film was made for $650,000 and was very successful, leading to Ray making a series of erotic thrillers.
"I didn't really know what an erotic thriller was when I did 'Inner Sanctum'", admitted Ray later. "I watched 'Wild Orchid'fast-forwarded through it, actuallyto see what was expected of me."
Plot
Jennifer Reed, heiress to a huge fortune, believes that her husband Baxter, an insurance agent in Los Angeles, is unfaithful to her. Unable to reconcile with it, she takes a full pack of sleeping pills and falls down the stairs.
A few weeks later, Jennifer, now in a wheelchair, becomes even more jealous of her husband because he does not spend time with her, giving more attention to nurse Lynn Foster. Foster had previously been responsible for home care of a patient. After the patient died mysteriously, Nurse Foster married the widower, who then also died under mysterious circumstances.
Baxter attempts romance with his colleague Anna Rawlins, who does not reciprocate his feelings. Moreover, Baxter suspects that she wants to get rid of his wife. Jennifer discovers that someone has started following her, and her neighbor suspects Lynn. Complicating things, Jennifer carries a million dollar life insurance policy, which policy will not be paid in case of suicide, only murder.
Cast
* Tanya Roberts Lynn Foster
* Margaux Hemingway Anna Rawlins
* Joseph Bottoms Baxter Reed
* Valerie Wildman Jennifer Reed
* Brett Baxter Clark Neil Semple
* Suzanne Ager Maureen
* Jay Richardson Lieutenant Wanamaker
* William Butler Jeff Seigel
* Ted Newsom Sergeant Levy
Sequel
The film's success led to a sequel 'Inner Sanctum II' in 1994, also directed by Fred Ray, and starring Michael Nouri, Tracy Brooks Swope (as Jennifer Reed), Sandahl Bergman, David Warner, and Margaux Hemingway (reprising her role of Anna Rawlins).
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