Escape in the Fog

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.^[1][2]

Escape in the Fog
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.)
Screenplay by	Aubrey Wisberg
Produced by	Wallace MacDonald
Starring	Otto Kruger Nina Foch William Wright
Cinematography	George Meehan
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Music by	Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	April 5, 1945 (1945-04-05)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Boetticher called it a "nothing" picture, though he enjoyed working with Nina Foch and Otto Kruger.^[3]

Plot

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."^[4]