Escape in the Fog (1945)

A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, ... See full summary »

Director:

Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.)

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 military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, 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 | federal agent | san francisco california | premonition | nightmare | 

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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:

Fuga en la niebla

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

65 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Barry and Eileen are sitting at the table they get the note that Barry has been waiting for which reads S.S.Pelican Docked at Half-Moon Bay Gene The note is typed. When the spies retrieve the note from Eileen's bag and put the torn note together it is handwritten.

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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

quintessential Columbia B

A woman dreams of a man being murdered, and later she experiences the scene in real life. Before he made his name with the Ranown series of Westerns, Boetticher churned out a skein of low-budget programmers for Columbia and Monogram, many of them well above average. This mystery, while no masterpiece, nicely illustrates what Andrew Sarris called "the beatitude of the Bs". With typical B movie non-logic, the intriguing dream-coming-true angle is taken at face value and never explained. There are a couple of clever escape scenes, and the stylish 40s wardrobe (wide lapels, pin-striped suits, floppy hats) rivals the sartorial splendor of a Hawks movie. Second-string stalwart Nina Foch, more alluring than usual, gives another intelligent performance despite the plot holes. An even finer second-feature from the same director, Behind Locked Doors, has recently received mainstream video release.