Weird Woman is an 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...

 directed by Reginald Le Borg

Reginald Le Borg

Reginald Le Borg was an Austrian film director. He directed 68 films between 1936 and 1974. He was born in Vienna, Austria as Reginald Grobel and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack....

, and starring 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...

, Anne Gwynne

Anne Gwynne

Anne Gwynne was an American film actress of the 1940s. Known as one of the first scream queens because of her numerous appearances in horror films, the actress-model was also one of the most popular pin-ups of World War II....

, and Evelyn Ankers

Evelyn Ankers

Evelyn Ankers was a British actress born in Chile. She often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most notably The Wolf Man at age 23 opposite Lon Chaney, Jr., a frequent screen partner...

. The "Inner Sanctum" franchise originated with a popular radio series and all of the films star 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...

. The film is based on the novel Conjure Wife

Conjure Wife

Conjure Wife is a supernatural horror novel by Fritz Leiber.Its premise is that witchcraft flourishes as an open secret among women. The story is told from the point of view of a small-town college professor who discovers that his wife is a witch....

 by Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber

Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. was an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theatre and films, playwright, expert chess player and a champion fencer. Possibly his greatest chess accomplishment was winning clear first in the 1958 Santa Monica Open.. With...

.

Plot

Professor Norman Reed (Lon Chaney, Jr.) falls in love with and marries an exotic woman while on vacation in the South Seas. However, the natives on the island think that she is a supernatural being.

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...
  
   - Prof. Norman Reed (billed as Lon Chaney)
• Anne Gwynne
  Anne Gwynne
  Anne Gwynne was an American film actress of the 1940s. Known as one of the first scream queens because of her numerous appearances in horror films, the actress-model was also one of the most popular pin-ups of World War II....
  
   - Paula Clayton Reed
• Evelyn Ankers
  Evelyn Ankers
  Evelyn Ankers was a British actress born in Chile. She often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most notably The Wolf Man at age 23 opposite Lon Chaney, Jr., a frequent screen partner...
  
   - Ilona Carr
• Ralph Morgan
  Ralph Morgan
  Ralph Morgan was a Hollywood film, stage and character actor, and the older brother of Frank Morgan .-Early life:...
  
   - Prof. Millard Sawtelle
• Elisabeth Risdon
  Elisabeth Risdon
  Elisabeth Risdon was an English film actress. She appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1952. An attractive beauty in her youth she usually played in society parts...
  
   - Dean Grace Gunnison
• Lois Collier
  Lois Collier
  Lois Collier was an American film actress born in Salley, South Carolina. She was sometimes credited as Lois Collyer....
  
   - Margret Mercer
• Harry Hayden - Dean Septimus Carr
• Elizabeth Russell - Evelyn Sawtelle
• Phil Brown - David Jennings
• Kay Harding - Student (as Jackie Lou Harding)