Escape in the Fog (1945)

A nurse recovering in a hospital from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets the the officer in charge of psychology at the ... See full summary »

Director:

Budd Boetticher

Writer:

Aubrey Wisberg (original screenplay)

Stars:

Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright

Cast

Cast overview:
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

Storyline

A nurse recovering in a hospital from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets the the officer in charge of psychology at the hospital, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | macguffin | nightmare | golden gate bridge | grandfather clock | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 April 1945 (USA)

Also Known As:

Crime nas Brumas

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

65 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

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.

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Connections

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

User Reviews

Pardon Me, But Weren't You in My Dream

Another wartime programmer that Hollywood was turning out by the hundreds. The only unusual angle is the mixing of espionage with psychic dreams, apparently an everyday occurrence in this scripted world. Except for the bland male lead (Wright), it's an excellent cast of stereotypes, including professional Hollywood Nazi, Ivan Triesault who made a career of these cruel types. There's also the incredibly smooth Otto Kruger playing a good guy, for once, but then who could do oily villains better than his smiling cobra. And what guy wouldn't like to partner-up with newcomer Nina Foch in an extended game of mixed doubles. With his penchant for cool blondes, I wonder why Hitchcock didn't enlist her obvious talents at some point. Anyway, cult director Boetticher helms in efficient style, the fog machine gets overtime, and a number of practiced players do their thing. (In passing, note how slickly Boetticher stages the shootout near movie's end—a foreshadowing of the classics to come. Note too, that Malcolm represents a generic federal agency and not the FBI by name. That way possible legal problems are avoided.) Nothing exceptional here, just a demonstration of how the studio assembly line turned out an entertaining product even under straitened wartime conditions.