Pillow of Death was the last of the Inner Sanctum mystery film

Mystery film

Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.The...

s. The movie stars Lon Chaney, Jr.

Lon Chaney, Jr.

Lon Chaney, Jr. , born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney...

 and Brenda Joyce

Brenda Joyce (actress)

Brenda Joyce was an American film actress. She was born as Betty Graftina Leabo in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, although family and friends referred to her as Graftina....

, was directed by Wallace Fox

Wallace Fox

Wallace Fox was an American film director. He directed 84 films between 1927 and 1953.He was born in Purcell, Oklahoma and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* Bowery Blitzkrieg...

, and based on a story by Dwight V. Babcock. The "Inner Sanctum" franchise originated with a popular radio series and all of the films star Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney, Sr.

Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...

's son.

Plot

After attorney Wayne Fletcher (Lon Chaney, Jr.), has had an affair with his secretary, his wife is found suffocated to death with a pillow. Wayne becomes the suspect. Wayne sees many visions of his dead wife and other people involved in the case are killed one by one.

Cast

• Lon Chaney, Jr.
  Lon Chaney, Jr.
  Lon Chaney, Jr. , born Creighton Tull Chaney, was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles in monster movies and as the son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney...
  
   as Wayne Fletcher (billed as Lon Chaney)
• Brenda Joyce
  Brenda Joyce (actress)
  Brenda Joyce was an American film actress. She was born as Betty Graftina Leabo in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, although family and friends referred to her as Graftina....
  
   as Donna Kincaid
• J. Edward Bromberg
  J. Edward Bromberg
  Joseph Edward Bromberg was a Hungarian-born American character actor in motion picture and stage productions dating mostly from the 1930s and 1940s....
  
   as Julian Julian
• Rosalind Ivan
  Rosalind Ivan
  Rosalind Ivan was a stage and film character actress. Ivan appeared in 14 US films from 1944 to 1954. She had a memorable role as the nagging wife of a bank teller in Fritz Lang's film Scarlet Street...
  
   as Amelia Kincaid
• Clara Blandick
  Clara Blandick
  Clara Blandick was an American actress. Her many film appearances include the role of Auntie Em in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.-Early life:She was born Clara Dickey, the daughter of Isaac B...
  
   as Belle Kincaid
• George Cleveland
  George Cleveland
  George Alan Cleveland was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in over 180 films between 1933 and 1954.-Career:...
  
  as Sam Kincaid
• Wilton Graff as Cap'n McCracken
• Bernard Thomas as Bruce Malone (billed as Bernard B. Thomas)