Escape in the Fog
{{short description|1945 film by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.)}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Escape in the Fog
| image = Escape-In-The-Fog Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Budd Boetticher
(as Oscar Boetticher Jr.)
| producer = Wallace MacDonald
| screenplay = Aubrey Wisberg
| music = Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
| starring = Otto Kruger
Nina Foch
William Wright
| cinematography = George Meehan
| editing = Jerome Thoms
| color_process = Black and white
| studio = Columbia Pictures
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1945|04|05|}}
| runtime = 63 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Escape in the Fog is a 1945 American film noir crime film directed by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) and starring Otto Kruger, Nina Foch and William Wright.{{AFI film|id=24400|title=Escape in the Fog}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2006/38/boetticher/|first=Sean|last= Axmaker|title=Ride Lonesome: The Career of Budd Boetticher|website=Senses of Cinema|date=7 February 2006}}
Boetticher called it a "nothing" picture, though he enjoyed working with Nina Foch and Otto Kruger.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview
Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.
Plot
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During World War II, a San Francisco nurse dreams of a murder and then meets the "victim" in real life. What she saw in the dream helps her in an effort to thwart enemy spies.
Cast
- Otto Kruger as Paul Devon
- Nina Foch as Eileen Carr
- William Wright as Barry Malcolm
- Konstantin Shayne as Schiller
- Ivan Triesault as Hausmer, Schiller's henchman
- Ernie Adams as George Smith
- Heinie Conklin as Witness (uncredited)
- Frank Mayo as Bartender (uncredited)
Reception
Film critic Jeremy Arnold gave the film a mixed review, writing "Although Wright and Foch have the most screen time, top billing goes to Otto Kruger, the immensely enjoyable character actor who specialized in charming, urbane villains. He's fine as always here but doesn't get much to do. William Wright was an unremarkable actor who appeared almost entirely in B movies in a 45-film career that spanned the 1940s."[https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/236949 Arnold, Jeremy]. Turner Classic Movies, film review. Last accessed: February 11, 2010.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0037678|title=Escape in the Fog}}
- {{AFI film|id=24400|title=Escape in the Fog}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=74196|title=Escape in the Fog}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:1945 crime drama films
Category:Films directed by Budd Boetticher
Category:American crime drama films
Category:Films with screenplays by Aubrey Wisberg
Category:Films set in San Francisco
Category:Films set on the United States home front during World War II
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:English-language crime drama films
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