Escape in the Fog (1945)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Budd Boetticher

Writer:

Aubrey Wisberg (original screenplay)

Release Date:

5 April 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir

Tagline:

"Slipping Silently Out Of The Fog Came MURDER!" (original one-sheet poster)

Plot:

A nurse recovering in a hospital from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Espionage

Cast

Otto Kruger	...	Paul Devon
Nina Foch	...	Eileen Carr
William Wright	...	Barry Malcolm
Konstantin Shayne	...	Schiller
Ivan Triesault	...	Hausmer, Schiller's Henchman
Ernie Adams	...	George Smith

Runtime:

65 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Goofs:

Factual errors: The film opens with an establishing shot of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, then shows Eileen Carr (Nina Foch) standing on a bridge walkway and being accosted by a policeman who asks if she's there to kill herself. The Bay Bridge has no walkway and is not known as a suicide site; scenarist Aubrey Wisberg probably had it confused with the Golden Gate Bridge, which does have a walkway and is famous as a suicide bridge.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV)

Nina Foch

That is the answer. The question is: What is the single reason to watch this movie? I loved her in "My Name Is Julia Ross." That is one of the best films noir of all time. Noir or whatever one may call it, it's a very unsettling movie.

She is fun in one of the worst major studio releases of all time, too. That would be "The Guilt Of Janet Ames." This one has a spooky, promising title. It has a good cast. It has a fine director. I was expecting something dark. Maybe something a little tawdry. Instead, it's an uninspired, routine espionage movie. It's pretty much is a total bore. At least it was to me. Ms. Foch is captivating. And that is about it.