This one has a really cool surreal feel to it. I'm still unsure whether that was intentional or not...
This neat little bit of film noir starts out with a woman having a conversation with a mysterious old man on a passenger train. Good acting, for the most part, and a plot that never lets up will keep you interested.
INNER SANCTUM begins with a woman and older man on a train. The woman is impressed because, when asked, the man can give the accurate time without a watch.
This turned out to be a corny, well shot, artistically lit, and very entertaining film. Certainly worth tracking down for Tanya Roberts fans.
Charles Russell is "Harold Dunlap" who has gone into hiding in a rural boarding house after accidentally killing his fiancée on a railway platform. He soon discovers that the son of one of the boarders "Mike" (Dale Belding) saw him at the station and as the boy begins to put two and two together, "Dunlap" starts to panic.
This film turned out to be more of a lesson for kids: why kids shouldn't go out after dark, "You can get hurt" like Mike's mom kept saying throughout the film to Mike. Also a minor lesson in why young ladies shouldn't fall for the mysterious stranger bad guy image.
A man accidentally kills his fiancée as he exits a train. Just as the train pulls out, he drops her body on the rear platform.
Despite the odd and rather mystical wraparound segment, INNER SANCTUM is a very ordinary type of film noir with underwritten characters and a distinct lack of drive to keep it moving along. It concerns a ruthless killer who finds himself trapped in a small town one night due to localised flooding.
When somebody knows the time automatically without even having to look at a watch, they are somebody whose warnings should be heeded. For the female passenger on the seat next to him, listening to his story of a murderer on the run might seem like a minor time-killer, but when destiny calls, you will be there to answer the phone.
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