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Escape in the Fog
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Wikipedia article
'Escape in the Fog' is a 1945 American film noir crime film directed by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) and starring Otto Kruger, Nina Foch and William Wright..
Boetticher called it a "nothing" picture, though he enjoyed working with Nina Foch and Otto Kruger.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview
Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.
Plot
During World War II, a San Francisco nurse dreams of a murder and then meets the "victim" in real life. What she saw in the dream helps her in an effort to thwart enemy spies.
Cast
* Otto Kruger as Paul Devon
* Nina Foch as Eileen Carr
* William Wright as Barry Malcolm
* Konstantin Shayne as Schiller
* Ivan Triesault as Hausmer, Schiller's henchman
* Ernie Adams as George Smith
* Heinie Conklin as Witness (uncredited)
* Frank Mayo as Bartender (uncredited)
Reception
Film critic Jeremy Arnold gave the film a mixed review, writing "Although Wright and Foch have the most screen time, top billing goes to Otto Kruger, the immensely enjoyable character actor who specialized in charming, urbane villains. He's fine as always here but doesn't get much to do. William Wright was an unremarkable actor who appeared almost entirely in B movies in a 45-film career that spanned the 1940s."[http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=236949 Arnold, Jeremy]. 'Turner Classic Movies', film review. Last accessed: February 11, 2010.
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