Pillow of Death

{{short description|1945 film by Wallace Fox}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Pillow of Death

| image = Pillowofdeath.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Wallace Fox

| producer = Ben Pivar

| screenplay = George Bricker

| story = Dwight V. Babcock

| based_on = {{based on|Inner Sanctum Mystery|Himan Brown}}

| starring = {{plain list|

• Lon Chaney Jr.
• Brenda Joyce

}}

| music = Frank Skinner

| cinematography = Jerome Ash

| editing = Edward Curtiss

| studio = Universal Pictures

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1945|12|14|United States}}

| runtime = 66 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Pillow of Death is a 1945 noir-mystery horror film, and the sixth installment in The Inner Sanctum Mysteries anthological film series, which was based on the popular radio series of the same name. Directed by Wallace Fox and starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Brenda Joyce;{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSPwUaOuQNUC&pg=PA80|title=Lon Chaney, Jr.: Horror Film Star, 1906-1973|last=Smith|first=Don G.|date=2004-01-01|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786418138|language=en}} it was the only entry in the series to dispense with the introduction by a disembodied head in a crystal ball, as well as the only one to feature comic-relief characters to alleviate the grim tone.